diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c63736b..9ef001d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ services:
       #- ./orcidflask/saml/certs:/opt/orcid_integration/orcidflask/saml/certs
       #- ./orcidflask/saml/settings.json:/opt/orcid_integration/orcidflask/saml/settings.json
       #- ./config.py:/opt/orcid_integration/config.py
+      #- ./orcidflask/db:/opt/orcid_integration/orcidflask/db
       - .:/opt/orcid_integration
diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
index c64e3c7..a4744e8 100644
--- a/example.env
+++ b/example.env
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ POSTGRES_PASSWORD=orcidpass
 POSTGRES_DB=orcidig
 POSTGRES_DB_HOST=db
 POSTGRES_PORT=5432
-DB_ENCRYPTION_FILE=./db-encrypt.key
+DB_ENCRYPTION_FILE=/opt/orcid_integration/orcidflask/db/db-encrypt.key
diff --git a/orcidflask/db/.gitignore b/orcidflask/db/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e7d273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orcidflask/db/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore