diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 95ff3c1..3f0a5e6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # Build Stage
-FROM rust:1.85-bookworm AS builder
+FROM rust:1.88-bookworm AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
+# Install sqlite3 for compile-time query checking
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y sqlite3 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 # Cache dependencies
-# We create a dummy project to build only dependencies
-RUN cargo new --bin blog_cms
+RUN cargo init --name blog_cms .
 COPY Cargo.toml Cargo.lock ./
 RUN cargo build --release
 RUN rm src/*.rs
@@ -14,8 +16,43 @@ RUN rm src/*.rs
 COPY src ./src
 COPY templates ./templates
 
-# The templates are needed during compilation by askama
-# Rebuild the real source
+# Create a temporary SQLite DB with the schema for sqlx compile-time checks
+RUN sqlite3 /tmp/build.db " \
+    CREATE TABLE users ( \
+        id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, \
+        username TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE, \
+        password_hash TEXT NOT NULL, \
+        role TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'readonly' \
+    ); \
+    CREATE TABLE sessions ( \
+        id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, \
+        user_id INTEGER NOT NULL, \
+        expires_at INTEGER NOT NULL, \
+        FOREIGN KEY(user_id) REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE \
+    ); \
+    CREATE TABLE posts ( \
+        id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, \
+        author_id INTEGER NOT NULL, \
+        title TEXT NOT NULL, \
+        content TEXT NOT NULL, \
+        tags TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '', \
+        categories TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '', \
+        visibility TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'public', \
+        password TEXT, \
+        created_at INTEGER NOT NULL, \
+        updated_at INTEGER NOT NULL, \
+        FOREIGN KEY(author_id) REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE \
+    ); \
+    CREATE TABLE attachments ( \
+        id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, \
+        filename TEXT NOT NULL, \
+        content_type TEXT NOT NULL, \
+        size INTEGER NOT NULL, \
+        created_at INTEGER NOT NULL \
+    );"
+
+# Rebuild the real source with DATABASE_URL for sqlx macros
+ENV DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///tmp/build.db
 RUN touch src/main.rs && cargo build --release
 
 # Final Stage
@@ -23,7 +60,7 @@ FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Install runtime dependencies (like SSL certificates and sqlite)
+# Install runtime dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     ca-certificates \
     libsqlite3-0 \
@@ -32,15 +69,13 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 # Copy the binary from the builder
 COPY --from=builder /app/target/release/blog_cms .
 
-# Create directory for attachments and database
-RUN mkdir -p attachments
+# Create directories for attachments and database
+RUN mkdir -p attachments data
 
 # Default environment variables
 ENV PORT=3000
-ENV DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///app/data.db
+ENV DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///app/data/data.db
 
-# Expose the application port
 EXPOSE 3000
 
-# Start the application
 CMD ["./blog_cms"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c1a94ed..93520b7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-version: '3.8'
 services:
   blog:
     build: .
     ports:
-      - "3000:3000"
+      - "8080:3000"
     environment:
       - PORT=3000
-      - DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///app/data.db
+      - DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///app/data/data.db
     volumes:
-      - ./data.db:/app/data.db
+      - ./data:/app/data
       - ./attachments:/app/attachments
     restart: always