diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index b16f9c7..ca9fcb0 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ services:
     image: docker.io/bitnami/mongodb:${MONGODB_VERSION:-6.0}
     restart: always
     volumes:
-      - mongodb_data:/bitnami/mongodb
+      - ${MONGODB_HOST_PATH:-mongodb_data}:/bitnami/mongodb
     environment:
       MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_MODE: primary
       MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_NAME: ${MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_NAME:-rs0}
diff --git a/env.example b/env.example
index 4f9af0c..5d9a20d 100644
--- a/env.example
+++ b/env.example
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 #PORT=
 # Port on the host to bind to
 #HOST_PORT=
+# MongoDB local host path
+# chown -R 1001:1001 /data/mongodb
+#MONGODB_HOST_PATH="/data/mongodb"
 
 ### MongoDB configuration
 # MongoDB version/image tag