diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index fcbf23e..893eb43 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 screenmark
 .env.docker
 .env
+pgdata
diff --git a/backend/docker-compose.yml b/backend/docker-compose.yml
index b0c6e36..ff927fd 100644
--- a/backend/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/backend/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ services:
     environment:
       POSTGRES_USER: postgres
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
+      POSTGRES_DB: haystack
     volumes:
       - ./schema.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/schema.sql
+      - ./pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data 
     ports:
       - 4321:5432
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres -d haystack_db"]
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres -d haystack"]
       interval: 10s
       retries: 5
       start_period: 5s
diff --git a/backend/schema.sql b/backend/schema.sql
index 822f68b..a2d254e 100644
--- a/backend/schema.sql
+++ b/backend/schema.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS haystack_db;
-CREATE DATABASE haystack_db;
-
 DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS haystack CASCADE;
 
 CREATE SCHEMA haystack;