diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 123cf17..6ba9788 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ FROM scratch
 COPY --from=builder /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
 COPY --from=builder /konfachcloud-discord-bot /konfachcloud-discord-bot
 
+VOLUME /data
 ENTRYPOINT ["/konfachcloud-discord-bot"]
diff --git a/src/bot/bot.go b/src/bot/bot.go
index 4e6adc5..bb6ae63 100644
--- a/src/bot/bot.go
+++ b/src/bot/bot.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (b *Bot) Close(ctx context.Context) error {
 	)
 }
 
-const stateFileName = "state.json"
+const stateFileName = "./data/state.json"
 
 func (b *Bot) saveState() error {
 	b.saveStateMu.Lock()
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ func (b *Bot) saveState() error {
 }
 
 func Run(settings Settings) (*Bot, error) {
-	state := State{}
+	state := State{
+		InitialScanLastID: make(map[string]string),
+	}
 	if _, err := os.Stat(stateFileName); err == nil {
 		f, err := os.Open(stateFileName)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/src/bot/hashdb.go b/src/bot/hashdb.go
index a9f3ae0..afcf844 100644
--- a/src/bot/hashdb.go
+++ b/src/bot/hashdb.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (u extimagehashCodec) Unmarshal(data []byte, v any) error {
 }
 
 func newHashDb(hashLength int) (kv.Store[attachmentKey, goimagehash.ExtImageHash], error) {
-	opts := kvbadger.DefaultOptions("./db/hash")
+	opts := kvbadger.DefaultOptions("./data/db/hash")
 	opts.Codec = extimagehashCodec{hashLength: hashLength}
 	return kvbadger.NewBagerKVBinaryKey[attachmentKey, goimagehash.ExtImageHash](opts)
 }