diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 0a9c8b0..54ddca9 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ node_modules
 .env.*
 docker-compose.yml
 Dockerfile
+mysql_data
diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index d60d692..0000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-DB_TYPE=mysql
-DB_HOST=zero-db.naiv.dev
-DB_PORT=23306
-DB_NAME=db_a41dfa3bd96242409d2a3565939d2be4
-DB_USERNAME=uname_50a1caca5d7441ad9f6fce806a
-DB_PASSWORD=pwd_6c60547f55af41f58b0f2b2a54054a4c
-DATABASE_URL="mysql://uname_50a1caca5d7441ad9f6fce806a:pwd_6c60547f55af41f58b0f2b2a54054a4c@zero-db.naiv.dev:23306/db_a41dfa3bd96242409d2a3565939d2be4"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0008ac8..f449f04 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ yarn-error.log*
 next-env.d.ts
 
 /src/generated/prisma
+mysql_data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 87ebe8c..7a05c21 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ services:
       MYSQL_DATABASE: travel_antarkota
       MYSQL_USER: travel_user
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: travel_password
-    ports:
-      - "3306:3306"
     volumes:
-      - mysql_data:/var/lib/mysql
+      - ./mysql_data:/var/lib/mysql
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "-h", "localhost", "-u", "root", "-prootpassword"]
       interval: 5s
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ services:
     container_name: travel-app
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports:
-      - "3000:3000"
+      - "${HOST_PORT:-3000}:3000"
     environment:
       # Database
       DB_TYPE: mysql
@@ -44,6 +42,3 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       mysql:
         condition: service_healthy
-
-volumes:
-  mysql_data:
diff --git a/prisma.config.ts b/prisma.config.ts
index d1d83e2..22097f2 100644
--- a/prisma.config.ts
+++ b/prisma.config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-// This file was generated by Prisma, and assumes you have installed the following:
-// npm install --save-dev prisma dotenv
-import dotenv from "dotenv";
-dotenv.config({ override: true });
+// Prisma v7 config — DB URL is injected via docker-compose environment variables
 import { defineConfig } from "prisma/config";
 
 export default defineConfig({