diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8ad2b8c78d..7c68d0f39e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ sipi/tmp-dsp-ingest/
 
 dependencies.txt
 /sipi/images/*
-/sipi/db/*
 
 .idea/
 .metals/
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 51b6c3d482..d9fd325bee 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./sipi/images:/opt/images:delegated
       - ./sipi/tmp-dsp-ingest:/opt/temp:delegated
-      - ./sipi/db/:/opt/db:delegated
+      - ingest-db:/opt/db:delegated
     networks:
       - knora-net
     environment:
@@ -131,3 +131,4 @@ networks:
 volumes:
   db-home:
   db-import:
+  ingest-db:
diff --git a/sipi/db/.gitkeep b/sipi/db/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000