diff --git a/app/backend/backend/settings.py b/app/backend/backend/settings.py
index bfd6d7e5..99693eb6 100644
--- a/app/backend/backend/settings.py
+++ b/app/backend/backend/settings.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ elif os.getenv("DB_TYPE") == "sqlite":
     DATABASES = {
         "default": {
             "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-            "NAME"  : "db.sqlite3",
+            "NAME": "/app/backend/db/db.sqlite3",
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/docker-compose-sqlite.yml b/docker-compose-sqlite.yml
index 60c4c385..b2862420 100644
--- a/docker-compose-sqlite.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-sqlite.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ services:
       #- DJANGO_DEBUG=True # optional (default: False)
       #- DJANGO_LANGUAGE_CODE=de # optional (default: en)
       #- DJANGO_TIME_ZONE=Europe/Berlin # optional (default: UTC)
+    volumes:
+      - ./db/:/app/backend/db/
     depends_on:
       redis:
         condition: service_healthy