diff --git a/config/production.json b/config/production.json
index fc7ab53..4bf24d1 100644
--- a/config/production.json
+++ b/config/production.json
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
   "port": 3000,
   "database": ".db",
   "rcFile": "./.codexdocsrc",
-  "uploads": "public/uploads",
+  "uploads": "/uploads",
   "secret": "iamasecretstring"
 }
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f07d2a5..56ffa6a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./.codexdocsrc:/usr/src/app/.codexdocsrc:ro
       - ./config/production.json:/usr/src/app/config/production.json:ro
-      - ./public/uploads:/usr/src/app/public/uploads
+      - ./public/uploads:/uploads
       - ./.db:/usr/src/app/.db
       - /usr/src/app/node_modules
diff --git a/src/backend/app.ts b/src/backend/app.ts
index 57836d0..5f6f49b 100644
--- a/src/backend/app.ts
+++ b/src/backend/app.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import morgan from 'morgan';
 import rcParser from './utils/rcparser';
 import routes from './routes';
 import HttpException from './exceptions/httpException';
+import config from 'config';
 
 const app = express();
-const config = rcParser.getConfiguration();
+const localConfig = rcParser.getConfiguration();
 
-app.locals.config = config;
+app.locals.config = localConfig;
 // view engine setup
 app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, './', 'views'));
 app.set('view engine', 'twig');
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ app.use(express.json());
 app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
 app.use(cookieParser());
 app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../../public')));
+app.use('/uploads', express.static(config.get('uploads')));
 
 app.use('/', routes);