diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8aab47f..7f6b286 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,34 @@
 # py-push-server
 
-## Docker Compose Setup
+## Docker Build & Deploy
+
+```
+export PUSH_SERVER_VERSION=0.1
+
+# also in build.sh
+docker build --tag py-push-server:amd-$PUSH_SERVER_VERSION --platform linux/amd64 .
+
+docker save -o ~/dl/py-push-server-amd-$PUSH_SERVER_VERSION.tar py-push-server:amd-$PUSH_SERVER_VERSION
+
+bzip2 ~/dl/py-push-server-amd-$PUSH_SERVER_VERSION.tar
+```
+
+... and then on the server after transferring that file:
+
+```
+export PUSH_SERVER_VERSION=0.1
+
+bzip2 -d py-push-server-amd-$PUSH_SERVER_VERSION.tar.bz2
+
+sudo docker load -i py-push-server-amd-$PUSH_SERVER_VERSION.tar
+
+sudo docker run -d -p 8900:3000 -v ~/py-push-server-db:/app/instance/data --name py-push-server-$PUSH_SERVER_VERSION py-push-server:amd-$PUSH_SERVER_VERSION
+```
+
+
+
+
+## Docker Compose & HAProxy Setup
 
 
 On first run you need to:
@@ -8,7 +36,7 @@ On first run you need to:
 `docker network create phoenix-network`
 
 
-## HAProxy setup
+### HAProxy setup
 
 ... in docker-compose.yml ...
 
@@ -181,7 +209,7 @@ NOTE: `timesafari-pwa.anomalistlabs.com` PWA sits on the root
 timesafari-pwa.anomalistlabs.com/web-push/ web_push_backend
 ```
 
-## The rest ..
+### The rest ..
 
 `docker-compose up -d` should just work :-)
 
@@ -192,11 +220,6 @@ timesafari-pwa.anomalistlabs.com/web-push/ web_push_backend
 
 
 
-
-
-
-
-
 ## Run the server outside Docker
 
 Run the app:
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index eee2bb7..873bb97 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from pywebpush import webpush, WebPushException
 
 import base64
 import json
+import os
 import threading
 import time
 
@@ -36,7 +37,10 @@ class WebPushService():
         self.app = app
 
         # Setting the database URI for the application
-        self.app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///data/webpush.db'
+        db_uri = os.getenv('SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI', 'sqlite:////app/instance/data/webpush.db')
+        # This relative path works in docker-compose
+        #db_uri = os.getenv('SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI', 'sqlite:///data/webpush.db')
+        self.app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = db_uri
 
         # Initializing the database with the application
         db.init_app(self.app)