diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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--- a/docker-compose.yml
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-services:
-  postgres:
-    image: postgres:16
-    container_name: ethnograph-db
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    environment:
-      POSTGRES_DB: ethnograph
-      POSTGRES_USER: ethnograph_user
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ethnograph_pass
-    ports:
-      - "5432:5432"
-    volumes:
-      - /var/lib/postgresql/data
-      # add pg_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data to persist data
-      - ./db/sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
-
-volumes:
-  pgdata: