diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9af7b5..bab9c66 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,4 +57,9 @@ vi config.json
 Rebuild containers:
 ```
 docker compose up --build -d
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+Change the ownership of the db, such that the host user 1000 can write it:
+```
+sudo chown -R 1000 data/
+```
diff --git a/create_task.py b/create_task.py
index f52f006..788ef0d 100644
--- a/create_task.py
+++ b/create_task.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from result import Err, Ok, Result
 from models import Task
 import argparse
 from sqlmodel import Session, SQLModel, create_engine
+from main import *
 
 import sys
 import dateparser
@@ -55,9 +56,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         print("Invalid due date.", file=sys.stderr)
         exit(1)
 
-    engine = create_engine("sqlite:///data.db")
-    SQLModel.metadata.create_all(engine)
-
     with Session(engine) as session:
         task = Task(
             name=args.name,
diff --git a/data/.keep b/data/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 788d312..b58d417 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ services:
     build: .
     volumes:
       - "./config.json:/app/config.json"
-      - "./data.db:/app/data.db"
+      - "./data:/app/data"
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index c665fec..fbcf728 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ async def main(config: Config, session: Session):
 with open("config.json", "r") as f:
     config = Config.model_validate(json.load(f))
 
-engine = create_engine("sqlite:///data.db")
+engine = create_engine("sqlite:///data/data.db")
 SQLModel.metadata.create_all(engine)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":