diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 35f8905..74fdc35 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ gitrev
 .npm
 .nvmrc
 nodemon.json
+cache/
+compiles/
 db/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3fbae08..40615ad 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ COPY . /app
 FROM base
 
 COPY --from=app /app /app
-RUN mkdir -p db \
-&&  chown node:node db
+RUN mkdir -p cache compiles db \
+&&  chown node:node cache compiles db
 
 CMD ["node", "--expose-gc", "app.js"]
diff --git a/buildscript.txt b/buildscript.txt
index 72b0f6a..81d6546 100644
--- a/buildscript.txt
+++ b/buildscript.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 clsi
 --acceptance-creds=None
---data-dirs=db
+--data-dirs=cache,compiles,db
 --dependencies=
 --docker-repos=gcr.io/overleaf-ops
 --env-add=
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index e28bbe6..3e3f838 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,22 +2,21 @@
 
 docker --version >&2
 
+# add the node user to the docker group on the host
 DOCKER_GROUP=$(stat -c '%g' /var/run/docker.sock)
 groupadd --non-unique --gid ${DOCKER_GROUP} dockeronhost
 usermod -aG dockeronhost node
 
-mkdir -p /app/cache
-chown -R node:node /app/cache
+# compatibility: initial volume setup
+chown node:node /app/cache
+chown node:node /app/compiles
+chown node:node /app/db
 
-mkdir -p /app/compiles
-chown -R node:node /app/compiles
-
-chown -R node:node /app/bin/synctex
+# acceptance tests
 mkdir -p /app/test/acceptance/fixtures/tmp/
-chown -R node:node /app
-
-chown -R node:node /app/bin
+chown -R node:node /app/test/acceptance/fixtures
 
+# make synctex available for remount in compiles
 cp /app/bin/synctex /app/bin/synctex-mount/synctex
 
 exec runuser -u node -- "$@"