diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8891ed1c..f162fb78 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ bin/*
 alist
 *.json
 public/index.html
-public/assets/
\ No newline at end of file
+public/assets/
+data/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d57f8053..7f42b531 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache bash git go gcc musl-dev; \
 
 FROM alpine:edge
 LABEL MAINTAINER="i@nn.ci"
+VOLUME /opt/alist/data/
 WORKDIR /opt/alist/
 COPY --from=builder /app/bin/alist ./
 EXPOSE 5244
diff --git a/alist.go b/alist.go
index 7aeb31de..56429f5c 100644
--- a/alist.go
+++ b/alist.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	flag.StringVar(&conf.ConfigFile, "conf", "config.json", "config file")
+	flag.StringVar(&conf.ConfigFile, "conf", "data/config.json", "config file")
 	flag.BoolVar(&conf.Debug, "debug", false, "start with debug mode")
 	flag.BoolVar(&conf.Version, "version", false, "print version info")
 	flag.Parse()
diff --git a/bootstrap/conf.go b/bootstrap/conf.go
index df126303..246d3114 100644
--- a/bootstrap/conf.go
+++ b/bootstrap/conf.go
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ func InitConf() {
 	log.Infof("reading config file: %s", conf.ConfigFile)
 	if !utils.Exists(conf.ConfigFile) {
 		log.Infof("config file not exists, creating default config file")
+		_, err := utils.CreatNestedFile(conf.ConfigFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("failed to create config file")
+		}
 		conf.Conf = conf.DefaultConfig()
 		if !utils.WriteToJson(conf.ConfigFile, conf.Conf) {
 			log.Fatalf("failed to create default config file")
diff --git a/conf/config.go b/conf/config.go
index 58a1fbe6..3e88a5a0 100644
--- a/conf/config.go
+++ b/conf/config.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 			Port:        0,
 			Name:        "",
 			TablePrefix: "x_",
-			DBFile:      "data.db",
+			DBFile:      "data/data.db",
 		},
 	}
 }