diff --git a/backend.dockerfile b/backend.dockerfile
index a459e4e..ec04ec9 100644
--- a/backend.dockerfile
+++ b/backend.dockerfile
@@ -59,13 +59,14 @@ WORKDIR /home/wiaas/backend/
 RUN composer install --no-dev
 
 WORKDIR /home/wiaas
+RUN rm -rf backend/app/uploads
 RUN cp -r backend/* /var/www/html/
 
 
 WORKDIR /var/www/html
 RUN ln -s ../html api
 
-COPY docker/php/.htaccess /var/www/html/ 
+COPY docker/php/.htaccess /var/www/html/
 
 RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 091f2c1..1338b0e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ services:
         - WP_JWT_AUTH_SECRET_KEY
     volumes:
       - ./log/backend/:/var/log/apache2/
+      - ./docker/backend/uploads/:/var/www/html/app/uploads/
     ports:
       - '8081:80'
     depends_on:
diff --git a/docker/backend/.gitignore b/docker/backend/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd1f336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/backend/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+uploads/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/php/setup.sh b/docker/php/setup.sh
index cd47b5b..6b2bdbd 100644
--- a/docker/php/setup.sh
+++ b/docker/php/setup.sh
@@ -34,5 +34,7 @@ EOF
 
 echo "Done"
 
+chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/app/uploads
+
 #start image
 exec apache2-foreground