diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c49bd7..fb58dee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 .env
+data
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c9698f3..9346135 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,24 +22,21 @@ RUN usermod -u ${LDAP_USER} openldap && \
 ADD slapd.sh /opt/slapd
 RUN /opt/slapd
 
+COPY ./schema/*.ldif ./schema/*.schema /etc/ldap/schema/
+
 RUN slapcat -n 0 \
     |sed 's/cn: config/cn: config\nolcPasswordHash: {CRYPT}\nolcPasswordCryptSaltFormat: $6$%.16s/' \
     |sed 's/cn: module{0}/cn: module{0}\nolcModuleLoad: {0}lastbind/' > /tmp/config.ldif && \
     rm -rf /etc/ldap/slapd.d/* && \
     slapadd -n 0 -F /etc/ldap/slapd.d/ -l /tmp/config.ldif && \
+    echo "dn: olcOverlay={0}lastbind, olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config\nobjectClass: olcLastBindConfig\nolcOverlay: {0}lastbind" | slapadd -n 0 && \
+    slapadd -l /etc/ldap/schema/nextcloud.ldif && \
     rm /tmp/config.ldif
 
-RUN echo "dn: olcOverlay={0}lastbind, olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config\nobjectClass: olcLastBindConfig\nolcOverlay: {0}lastbind" \
-    | slapadd -n 0
-
-
-COPY ./schema/*.ldif ./schema/*.schema /etc/ldap/schema/
-
-RUN slapadd -l /etc/ldap/schema/nextcloud.ldif
-
 RUN chmod -R o+rw /etc/ldap/slapd.d/ && \
     chmod -R o+rwx /etc/ldap/slapd.d/cn=config/ && \
     chmod -R o+rwx /etc/ldap/slapd.d/cn=config/cn=schema/ && \
+    chmod -R o+rwx /var/lib/ldap && \
     chmod -R o+rw /var/run/slapd/
 
 RUN apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
@@ -53,4 +50,3 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
 EXPOSE 389
 
 CMD ["/usr/sbin/slapd","-h", "ldap:///","-d","4"]
-
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index cf4e8dd..26e8d1d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 version: "2.4"
 
+volumes:
+  data:
 services:
   admin:
     image: registry.audio-lab.org/ldapphpadmin
@@ -19,7 +21,9 @@ services:
     restart: always
     ports:
       - ${LDAP_PORT}:389
-    build: 
+    volumes:
+      - data:/var/lib/ldap
+    build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
       args:
@@ -32,4 +36,3 @@ services:
       - LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD}
       - LDAP_ORGANISATION=${LDAP_ORGANISATION}
       - LDAP_DOMAIN=${LDAP_DOMAIN}
-