diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8242e14..6cd62ca 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY --from=build /app/build/libs/*.jar app.jar
 
+RUN mkdir -p /data/uploads && chmod 755 /data/uploads
+
 EXPOSE 8080
 
 CMD ["java", "-jar", "app.jar"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index d3f9924..ce90ce2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 version: '3.9'
 
 services:
+  storage:
+    image: alpine:latest
+    container_name: file-storage
+    networks:
+      - app-network
+    volumes:
+      - uploads_data:/storage:rw
+    command: tail -f /dev/null
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
   db:
     image: postgres:17
     restart: always
@@ -30,6 +40,7 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
       POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
       POSTGRES_HOST: db
+      STORAGE_SERVICE_URL: http://storage:8081
     depends_on:
       - db
     ports:
@@ -41,7 +52,7 @@ services:
           - backend
           - api
     volumes:
-      - ./uploads:/data/uploads:rw
+      - uploads_data:/data/uploads:rw
 
   grafana:
     image: grafana/grafana:10.3.1
@@ -146,7 +157,7 @@ volumes:
   loki_chunks:
   loki_index:
   loki_rules:
-#  uploads_volume:
+  uploads_data:
 
 networks:
   app-network: