this should do it

docker-compose.prod.yml

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+# Production Docker Compose configuration
+# This configuration is optimized for production environments
+# and addresses common SQLite issues in containerized deployments
+
+version: "3.8"
+
+services:
+  server:
+    container_name: tingz-server
+    env_file: .env
+    build:
+      context: .
+      args:
+        UID: ${UID}
+        GID: ${GID}
+    environment:
+      # Database configuration for production
+      DB_JOURNAL_MODE: "DELETE"        # Use DELETE mode instead of WAL for better volume mount compatibility
+      DB_SYNCHRONOUS: "FULL"           # Full synchronous mode for data integrity
+      DB_BUSY_TIMEOUT: "30000"         # 30 second timeout for busy database
+      
+      # Optional: Override other settings for production
+      # LOG_LEVEL: "warn"              # Reduce log verbosity in production
+      # MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE: "52428800"    # 50MB limit for production
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/data
+      - ./docs:/var/www/docs
+      - ./deploys:/var/www/deploys
+    ports:
+      - "${HOST}:${PORT}:8080"
+    user: "${UID}:${GID}"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    
+    # Health check to ensure service is running
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "wget", "--quiet", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/status"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 40s