diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c405a0a..819d6dc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -54,4 +54,5 @@ WORKDIR /data
 # Expose port for live server
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["bashhub-server"]
\ No newline at end of file
+ENTRYPOINT ["bashhub-server"]
+CMD [ "--db", "./data.db"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8f9a04..f35f789 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ $ bashhub-server
 
 2020/02/10 03:04:11 Listening and serving HTTP on http://0.0.0.0:8080
 ```
-or on docker 
+or on docker (backend database files are persisted in container volume `/data`)
 
 ```
 $ docker run -d -p 8080:8080 --name bashhub-server  nicksherron/bashhub-server