diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 98fcb3b..dd1c958 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,19 +19,20 @@ services:
     volumes:
       # if you need to share files with nginx, you do it here.
       - images-volume:/volumes/icons
+      # - static-volume:/volumes/static
     environment:
       # this can stay the same for developpement. This is an alias to `localhost`
       - NGINX_DOMAIN=local.maix.me
 
-  # an example of an micro service. this one basically only does this: 
-  #   - handle uploading of icons
-  #   - write icons to shared volume allowing nginx to serve them (does it better than if we did it in the service)
+  ###############
+  #    ICONS    #
+  ###############
   icons:
-    # build is a bit strange: it has two parts
-    build: 
+    build:
       context: ./src/
       args:
         - SERVICE=icons
+        #- EXTRA_FILES=icons/extra
     container_name: icons
     restart: always
     networks:
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ services:
     environment:
       - USER_ICONS_STORE=/store
       - DATABASE_DIR=/database
+
+
 volumes:
   images-volume:
   sqlite-volume:
+  static-volume:
diff --git a/src/.dockerignore b/src/.dockerignore
index d74745c..20cec97 100644
--- a/src/.dockerignore
+++ b/src/.dockerignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 **/node_modules
 **/dist
-@shared/src/database/init.sql.ts
 **/Dockerfile
+.gitkeep
+.dockerignore
diff --git a/src/Dockerfile b/src/Dockerfile
index 35a734a..bc7d4e0 100644
--- a/src/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-FROM guergeiro/pnpm:22-10-alpine as builder
+FROM node:22-alpine as pnpm_base
+RUN npm install --global pnpm@10.14.0;
+
+FROM pnpm_base as builder
 
 ARG SERVICE
 
@@ -6,6 +9,7 @@ WORKDIR /build
 COPY @shared/package.json                                /build/@shared/
 COPY ${SERVICE}/package.json                             /build/service/
 COPY tsconfig.base.json pnpm-workspace.yaml package.json /build/
+COPY ${SERVICE}/entrypoint.sh                            /build/
 
 RUN	pnpm install;
 
@@ -19,15 +23,21 @@ RUN cd /build/service                                          && \
 	cp /build/@shared/package.json  /dist/@shared/             && \
 	cp /build/service/package.json  /dist/service/             && \
 	cp /build/package.json          /dist/                     && \
-	cp /build/pnpm-lock.yaml        /dist/;
+	cp /build/pnpm-lock.yaml        /dist/                     && \
+	cp /build/entrypoint.sh         /dist/                     && \
+	chmod +x /dist/entrypoint.sh;
 
 
-FROM guergeiro/pnpm:22-10-alpine
+FROM pnpm_base
 
 WORKDIR /src
 
+ARG EXTRA_FILES=empty
 COPY --from=builder /dist /src
-
 RUN pnpm install --prod --frozen-lockfile;
+COPY ${EXTRA_FILES}       /extra
+RUN echo "${EXTRA_FILES}";
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/src/entrypoint.sh" ]
+
 CMD ["node", "/src/run.cjs"]
 
diff --git a/src/empty/.gitkeep b/src/empty/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/icons/entrypoint.sh b/src/icons/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a3dac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/icons/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+set -x
+# do anything here
+
+cp -r /extra /files
+
+# run the CMD [ ... ] from the dockerfile
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/src/icons/extra/.gitkeep b/src/icons/extra/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29