diff --git a/http.Dockerfile b/http.Dockerfile
index d5078f5..3ff404f 100644
--- a/http.Dockerfile
+++ b/http.Dockerfile
@@ -5,4 +5,8 @@ COPY http/php /usr/share/nginx/php
 COPY http/out /usr/share/nginx/html
 COPY http/php-fpm.conf /etc/php85/php-fpm.d/joeac.net-http_pool.conf
 COPY http/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
-CMD php-fpm85 && nginx -g "daemon off;"
+CMD mkdir -p "$(dirname "$DB_PATH")" \
+  && touch $DB_PATH \
+  && chmod -R o+w "$(dirname "$DB_PATH")" \
+  && php-fpm85 \
+  && nginx -g "daemon off;"