diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index acb4962..ee58279 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # Local scratch
 *.tmp
+
+# SQLite runtime files / local recovery backups
+*.db-wal
+*.db-shm
+db-backups/
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2dee689..5f818a3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
       - "8091:8091"
     environment:
       PORT: "8091"
-      STARTUP_MAINTENANCE: "1"
+      STARTUP_MAINTENANCE: "0"
       MYSQL_HOST: "${MYSQL_HOST:-172.16.42.111}"
       MYSQL_PORT: "${MYSQL_PORT:-3306}"
       MYSQL_USER: "${MYSQL_USER:-root}"