diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e32f940..5a5382c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ frontend/.nuxtrc
 caddy/data/
 caddy/config/
 
+# pocketbase local dev data (bind-mounted, docker-compose.dev.yml)
+pocketbase/pb_data/
+
 # logs
 *.log
 npm-debug.log*
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 186b0bc..b45ecf0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ services:
   pocketbase:
     ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:8090:8090"
+    volumes:
+      - ./pocketbase/pb_data:/pb/pb_data
 
   frontend:
     ports: