diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8875fc0..e32ca97 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 # copy app
 COPY . .
 
-# create data directories
-RUN mkdir -p /app/data /app/db/cache
+# create data directories (db files stored in /data, not /app/db)
+RUN mkdir -p /data/db /data/cache
+
+# set DB path via env
+ENV DB_PATH=/data/db/connectd.db
+ENV CACHE_DIR=/data/cache
 
 # default command runs daemon
 CMD ["python", "daemon.py"]
diff --git a/db/__init__.py b/db/__init__.py
index fb363e3..3c42af4 100644
--- a/db/__init__.py
+++ b/db/__init__.py
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ connectd database layer
 sqlite storage for humans, fingerprints, matches, intros
 """
 
+import os
 import sqlite3
 import json
 from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 
-DB_PATH = Path(__file__).parent / 'connectd.db'
+# use env var for DB path (docker) or default to local
+DB_PATH = Path(os.environ.get('DB_PATH', Path(__file__).parent / 'connectd.db'))
 
 
 class Database:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index cf32967..ba56947 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
   connectd:
-    image: sudoxnym/connectd:latest
+    image: sudoxreboot/connectd:latest
     container_name: connectd
     restart: unless-stopped
     env_file:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a8608b2..b649c0d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 requests>=2.28.0
+beautifulsoup4>=4.12.0