diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f495b90..512231c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@
 /apache-logs/error.log
 /letsencrypt-etc/accounts/acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory/*/*.json
 /knot-sock/knot.pid
+/knot-varlib/confdb/*.mdb
+/knot-varlib/servnest.test.invalid.zone
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0fd7ead..ec5d355 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ no_hosts=true
 ```
 
 ```shell
+knotc --confdb knot-varlib/confdb conf-import install/knot.conf
 wget https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.20/releases/x86_64/alpine-minirootfs-3.20.2-x86_64.tar.gz
 wget https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/archive/refs/tags/v2.6.2.tar.gz -o sftpgo-v2.6.2.tar.gz
 sha256sum -c sha256sums
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index dc94a8a..834aa26 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ services:
       - ./servnest/tor-keys/:/srv/servnest/tor-keys/:rw
       - ./servnest/tor-config/:/srv/servnest/tor-config/:ro
       - ./install/torrc:/etc/tor/torrc:ro
+      - ./tor-varlib/:/var/lib/:rw
     mem_limit: 128m
-    read_only: false
   sftpgo:
     extends:
       file: base.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ services:
       - ./knot-sock/:/run/knot/:rw
       - ./servnest/reg/:/srv/servnest/reg/:rw
       - ./servnest/ns/:/srv/servnest/ns/:rw
-    read_only: false
+      - ./knot-varlib/:/var/lib/knot/:rw
   apache:
     extends:
       file: base.yaml