diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 602005a5..ec649c25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -166,3 +166,7 @@ celery_worker.py
 # sensitive data
 .env.docker
 .gunicorn.conf.py
+
+# local volumes for docker
+media/
+pgdata/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 157ae805..b10e111b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM python:3-alpine AS builder
 
 RUN apk update
 RUN apk add pkgconfig
-RUN apk add --virtual build-deps gcc python3-dev musl-dev
+RUN apk add --virtual build-deps gcc python3-dev musl-dev tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-data-eng
 
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY . /app
diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index f39b28de..37820676 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def create_app(config_class=Config):
             secure = ()
         mail_handler = SMTPHandler(
             mailhost=(app.config['MAIL_SERVER'], app.config['MAIL_PORT']),
-            fromaddr='errors@rimu.geek.nz',
+            fromaddr=(app.config['MAIL_FROM']),
             toaddrs=app.config['ADMINS'], subject='PieFed error',
             credentials=auth, secure=secure)
         mail_handler.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index 2f66927a..e8c66574 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services:
     env_file:
      - ./.env.docker
     volumes:
-     - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+     - ./pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
   redis:
     image: redis
     env_file:
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
      - ./.env:/app/.env
      - ./.gunicorn.conf.py:/app/gunicorn.conf.py
+     - ./media/:/app/app/static/media/
     ports:
       - '8080:5000'
   adminer:
@@ -36,7 +37,5 @@ services:
     restart: always
     ports:
       - 8888:8080
-volumes:
-  pgdata:
 
 
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 256e211a..b0371577 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class Config(object):
     MAIL_USE_TLS = os.environ.get('MAIL_USE_TLS') is not None
     MAIL_USERNAME = os.environ.get('MAIL_USERNAME')
     MAIL_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('MAIL_PASSWORD')
+    MAIL_FROM = os.environ.get('MAIL_FROM')
+    ADMINS = os.environ.get('ADMINS')
     RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY = os.environ.get("RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY")
     RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY = os.environ.get("RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY")
     MODE = os.environ.get('MODE') or 'development'