diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ea3dcef..f89b10c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,30 +17,34 @@ COPY . .
 ARG NEXT_PUBLIC_AMAP_API_KEY
 ENV NEXT_PUBLIC_AMAP_API_KEY=${NEXT_PUBLIC_AMAP_API_KEY}
 RUN npx prisma generate
+ENV DATABASE_URL="file:./template.db"
+RUN npx prisma db push
 RUN npm run build
 
 # --- Production ---
 FROM base AS runner
 WORKDIR /app
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
+RUN apk add --no-cache sqlite
 RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 nodejs
 RUN adduser --system --uid 1001 nextjs
 
 COPY --from=builder /app/public ./public
 COPY --from=builder /app/prisma ./prisma
+COPY --from=builder /app/prisma/template.db ./template.db
 
 COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/standalone ./
 COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/static ./.next/static
 
-# Prisma CLI for automatic schema migration on startup
-RUN npm install prisma --no-save
-
 COPY docker-entrypoint.sh ./
 RUN chmod +x docker-entrypoint.sh
 
+RUN mkdir -p /app/data && chown nextjs:nodejs /app/data
+
 USER nextjs
 EXPOSE 3000
 ENV PORT=3000
 ENV HOSTNAME="0.0.0.0"
+ENV DATABASE_URL="file:/app/data/prod.db"
 
 CMD ["./docker-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ad458bf..54fb4e9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,42 +1,18 @@
 services:
-  postgres:
-    image: postgres:16-alpine
-    container_name: no-whatever-db
-    ports:
-      - "5432:5432"
-    environment:
-      POSTGRES_USER: nowhatever
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: nowhatever
-      POSTGRES_DB: nowhatever
-    volumes:
-      - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U nowhatever"]
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 3s
-      retries: 5
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    networks:
-      - nginx
-
   app:
     build: .
     image: no-whatever:latest
     container_name: no-whatever
     ports:
       - "3000:3000"
+    volumes:
+      - /data/no-whatever:/app/data
     environment:
-      - DATABASE_URL=postgresql://nowhatever:nowhatever@postgres:5432/nowhatever
-    depends_on:
-      postgres:
-        condition: service_healthy
+      - DATABASE_URL=file:/app/data/prod.db
     restart: unless-stopped
     networks:
       - nginx
 
-volumes:
-  pgdata:
-
 networks:
   nginx:
     external: true
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0b06635..a0d448d 100644
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,36 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 
-echo "[db] Syncing schema..."
-npx prisma db push --skip-generate --accept-data-loss
+TEMPLATE="/app/template.db"
+DB="/app/data/prod.db"
 
+if [ ! -f "$DB" ]; then
+  echo "[db] First run — creating database from template"
+  cp "$TEMPLATE" "$DB"
+  exec node server.js
+fi
+
+echo "[db] Syncing schema..."
+
+# 1) Create any new tables
+sqlite3 "$TEMPLATE" ".schema" | \
+  sed 's/CREATE TABLE /CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS /g' | \
+  sed 's/CREATE INDEX /CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS /g' | \
+  sed 's/CREATE UNIQUE INDEX /CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS /g' | \
+  sqlite3 "$DB" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# 2) Add missing columns to existing tables
+for table in $(sqlite3 "$TEMPLATE" "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name NOT LIKE 'sqlite_%' AND name NOT LIKE '_prisma%'"); do
+  prod_cols=$(sqlite3 "$DB" "PRAGMA table_info('$table')" 2>/dev/null | cut -d'|' -f2 || echo "")
+
+  sqlite3 "$TEMPLATE" "PRAGMA table_info('$table')" | while IFS='|' read -r _cid name type notnull dflt _pk; do
+    if ! echo "$prod_cols" | grep -qx "$name"; then
+      alter="ALTER TABLE \"$table\" ADD COLUMN \"$name\" $type"
+      [ -n "$dflt" ] && alter="$alter DEFAULT $dflt"
+      sqlite3 "$DB" "$alter" 2>/dev/null && echo "[db] + $table.$name" || true
+    fi
+  done
+done
+
+echo "[db] Schema sync complete"
 exec node server.js
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index f2c08ed..3d294e0 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 datasource db {
-  provider = "postgresql"
+  provider = "sqlite"
   url      = env("DATABASE_URL")
 }