diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5b2dbd2..26d3d97 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,14 +15,16 @@ ThreeTwo! currently is set up as:
 ## Docker Instructions
 
 The recommended approach is to simply use `docker-compose` which spins up containers for the UI and all the associated microservices and data store.
-To do that:
-Make sure that you have `docker` and `docker-compose` installed.
+Make sure that you have `docker` and `docker-compose` installed. Running `docker system prune -a` can help free up some space.
+
+Then:
 
 1. Clone this repo using `git clone https://github.com/rishighan/threetwo.git`
 2. Create an external docker network using `docker network create proxy`
-3. Run `docker-compose up --build -d`
-4. Note that the first time, the process could take up to 10 minutes, since it is building containers for `threetwo`, `threetwo-import-service`, `comicvine-service`, `mongo`, `nats`, `nginx`
-5. For posterity, check that all containers are up using `docker ps`
+3. Run `docker-compose up --build -d` to run the containers in detatched mode
+4. For debugging you can leave out the `-d` flag
+5. Note that the first time, the process could take up to 10 minutes, since it is building containers for `threetwo`, `threetwo-import-service`, `comicvine-service`, `mongo`, `nats`, `nginx`
+6. For posterity, check that all containers are up using `docker ps`
 
 ## Local Development
 
@@ -33,3 +35,12 @@ For debugging and troubleshooting, you can run this app locally using these step
 3. This will open `http://localhost:3050` in your default browser
 4. Note that this is simply the UI layer and won't offer anything beyond a scaffold. You have to spin up the microservices locally to get it to work.
 
+
+## Troubleshooting
+### Docker
+
+1. `docker-compose up` is taking a long time
+   This is primarily because `threetwo-import-service` pulls `calibre` from the CDN and it has been known to be extremely slow. I can't find a more reliable alternative, so give it some time to finish downloading.
+
+2. What folder do my comics go in?
+   Currently, in the `docker-compose` setup, the `comics` folder at the root of this repo is used to store comics.
diff --git a/contributing.md b/contributing.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 40f5f0e..2c12722 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 version: "3.7"
 
 services:
-  nginx:
-    image: nginx
-    container_name: proxy
-    ports:
-      - "80:80"
-    volumes:
-      - ./proxy.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf 
-
   threetwo:
     build:
       context: .
@@ -29,7 +21,9 @@ services:
       - "3080:3080"
     environment:
       SERVICES: api
-    env_file: comicvine-service.env
+    env_file: ./docker-env/comicvine-service.env
+    volumes:
+      - 'userdata:/comicvine-service/userdata'
     depends_on:
       - nats
     networks:
@@ -42,7 +36,7 @@ services:
     container_name: comicvine-service
     environment:
       SERVICES: comicvine 
-    env_file: comicvine-service.env
+    env_file: ./docker-env/comicvine-service.env
     networks:
       - proxy
   
@@ -55,7 +49,10 @@ services:
       - "3000:3000"
     environment:
       SERVICES: api
-    env_file: threetwo-import-service.env
+    env_file: ./docker-env/threetwo-import-service.env
+    volumes:
+      - 'userdata:/threetwo-import-service/userdata'
+      - 'comics:/threetwo-import-service/comics'
     depends_on:
       - nats
       - mongodb
@@ -72,7 +69,7 @@ services:
       - nats
     environment:
       SERVICES: import 
-    env_file: threetwo-import-service.env
+    env_file: ./docker-env/threetwo-import-service.env
     networks:
       - proxy
   
@@ -86,7 +83,7 @@ services:
       - nats
     environment:
       SERVICES: imagetransformation 
-    env_file: threetwo-import-service.env
+    env_file: ./docker-env/threetwo-import-service.env
     networks:
       - proxy
 
@@ -105,12 +102,22 @@ services:
     container_name: transporter
     networks:
       - proxy
+  
+  nginx:
+    image: nginx
+    container_name: proxy
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+    volumes:
+      - ./proxy.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf 
 
 networks:
   proxy:
     external: true
 
 volumes:
+  userdata:
+  comics:
   mongodb_data:
     driver: local
 
diff --git a/comicvine-service.env b/docker-env/comicvine-service.env
similarity index 100%
rename from comicvine-service.env
rename to docker-env/comicvine-service.env
diff --git a/threetwo-import-service.env b/docker-env/threetwo-import-service.env
similarity index 100%
rename from threetwo-import-service.env
rename to docker-env/threetwo-import-service.env
diff --git a/proxy.conf b/proxy.conf
index 077e42a..db0581b 100644
--- a/proxy.conf
+++ b/proxy.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ server {
 server {
     listen 3000;
    
-    location /comicvine-service {
+    location /import-service {
         proxy_pass  http://host.docker.internal:3000;
     }
 }
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