diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index b51db012..8bf66283 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ ENV DATA_DIR=/app/data \
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y nginx gettext-base openssl && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
-    mkdir -p /app/data && \
-    chown -R node:node /app/data && \
+    mkdir -p /app/data /app/uploads && \
+    chown -R node:node /app/data /app/uploads && \
     useradd -r -s /bin/false nginx
 
 COPY docker/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
index 9ed772e2..67d389c2 100644
--- a/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ fi
 envsubst '${PORT} ${SSL_PORT} ${SSL_CERT_PATH} ${SSL_KEY_PATH}' < $NGINX_CONF_SOURCE > /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.tmp
 mv /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.tmp /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 
-mkdir -p /app/data
-chown -R node:node /app/data
-chmod 755 /app/data
+mkdir -p /app/data /app/uploads
+chown -R node:node /app/data /app/uploads
+chmod 755 /app/data /app/uploads
 
 if [ "$ENABLE_SSL" = "true" ]; then
     echo "Checking SSL certificate configuration..."