diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index df2d024..4730f78 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=${TARGETOS} GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} go build -ldflags="-s -w
 # ==============================================================================
 FROM alpine:3.21
 RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates tzdata && \
-    mkdir -p /data && \
-    chown -R 1000:1000 /data
+    mkdir -p /data /tmp && \
+    chmod 1777 /tmp
 
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=backend-builder /app/mindsift /app/mindsift
@@ -41,5 +41,4 @@ ENV DATA_DIR=/data
 VOLUME ["/data"]
 
 EXPOSE 8080
-USER 1000:1000
 ENTRYPOINT ["/app/mindsift"]
diff --git a/internal/storage/sqlite.go b/internal/storage/sqlite.go
index 8ba3cea..6830c38 100644
--- a/internal/storage/sqlite.go
+++ b/internal/storage/sqlite.go
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ func NewStore(dbPath string) (*Store, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create data directory %s: %w", dir, err)
 	}
 
-	dsn := dbPath + "?_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)&_pragma=synchronous(NORMAL)&_pragma=foreign_keys(ON)&_pragma=busy_timeout(5000)"
-	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", dsn)
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", dbPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open sqlite db: %w", err)
 	}