diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 3b820e7..303f127 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 name: Build and deploy to an VM
 
 on:
-  push: 
+  push:
     branches:
       - dev
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
-  contents: read
+  contents: write
 
 jobs:
   build-and-deploy:
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "ADMIN_EMAIL=${{ secrets.ADMIN_EMAIL }}" >> .env
           echo "ADMIN_PASSWORD=${{ secrets.ADMIN_PASSWORD }}" >> .env
           echo "AI_URL=${{ secrets.AI_URL }}" >> .env
-          echo "VOLUMES_PATH=${{ secrets.VOLUMES_PATH }}" >> .env
           cat .env
 
       - name: Running Docker Compose
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 03bbcbb..72ca334 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
       POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE}
     volumes:
-      - ${VOLUMES_PATH}:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - ./postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     healthcheck:
       test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'pg_isready -U ${DB_USERNAME}']
       interval: 10s