diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 3182e5d..f457081 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
 .python-version
 LICENSE
 README.md
-pers.pkl
+data/
 cert/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 65c6cf7..adae094 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 **/.idea
 __pycache__/
 cert/
-pers.pkl
+data/
 docker-compose.yml
 x.py
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml.example b/docker-compose.yml.example
index 7108b35..c151dd4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml.example
+++ b/docker-compose.yml.example
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ services:
       WEBHOOK_SECRET_TOKEN: 'secret-token'
 #      LOG_LEVEL: 'WARNING'
 volumes:
-      - ./pers.pkl: /app/pers.pkl
+      - ./data: /app/data
 #      - ./cert:/app/cert
     container_name: tgxmb
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index c5e9e32..72b46cf 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ async def post_shutdown(application: Application) -> None:
 
 def main():
     defaults = Defaults(parse_mode=ParseMode.HTML, allow_sending_without_reply=True)
-    persistence = PicklePersistence(filepath='pers.pkl')
+    persistence = PicklePersistence(filepath='data/pers.pkl')
     application = (ApplicationBuilder()
                    .token(common.BOT_TOKEN)
                    .defaults(defaults)