diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 8032263..58777e3 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ README.md
 db.sqlite3
 docker-compose.yml
 env
+storage
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4b80b4e..6b319ff 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ COPY requirements.txt ./
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY . .
+RUN mkdir -p storage
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
diff --git a/shiftregister/settings.py b/shiftregister/settings.py
index d6f29ec..2129361 100644
--- a/shiftregister/settings.py
+++ b/shiftregister/settings.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ROOT_URLCONF = "shiftregister.urls"
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
-        "DIRS": [Path(BASE_DIR, Path("templates"))],
+        "DIRS": [BASE_DIR / "templates"],
         "APP_DIRS": True,
         "OPTIONS": {
             "context_processors": [
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ STATIC_ROOT = "/opt/shiftregister/static"
 STATIC_URL = "static/"
 
 STATICFILES_DIRS = [
-    Path(BASE_DIR, Path("assets")),
+    BASE_DIR / "assets",
 ]
 
 # Default primary key field type
@@ -149,3 +149,5 @@ CELERY_BEAT_SCHEDULE = {
         "schedule": float(getenv("SHIFT_IMPORT_INTERVAL", 60.0)),  # seconds
     },
 }
+
+CELERY_BEAT_SCHEDULE_FILENAME = str(BASE_DIR / "storage" / "celerybeat-schedule")
diff --git a/storage/.gitkeep b/storage/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29