diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
index c8cb092..991cd51 100644
--- a/Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ COPY . .
 RUN npm run build
 
 FROM node:21-alpine
-USER node:node
 WORKDIR /app
+RUN chown -R node:node /app
+USER node:node
+COPY ./container/entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 COPY package.json .
 COPY --from=builder /app/build ./build
-CMD ["node", "./build/index.js"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["sh", "/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/container/entrypoint.sh b/container/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9675a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+set -e
+
+export STORAGE_PATH="${STORAGE_PATH:-./uploads}"
+
+entrypoint() {
+  mkdir -p "${STORAGE_PATH}"
+  node ./build/index.js
+}
+
+entrypoint
diff --git a/src/lib/index.ts b/src/lib/index.ts
index c609a73..b3d4e55 100644
--- a/src/lib/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // place files you want to import through the `$lib` alias in this folder.
 
 const safePath = (input: string) => input.replace(/\W/g, '');
-export const storagePath: string = './uploads';
+export const storagePath: string = process.env.STORAGE_PATH;
 
 export default safePath;