diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 62cf38e..a767091 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ nginx
 redis
 pgadmin/data
 database_bkp
+temp_backups
+backups
 volumes
 .env
 .env.local.backup
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 55c6f5d..5489b26 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - "./assets:/usr/src/app/packages/dev-server/assets"
       - "./server_custom:/usr/src/app/packages/dev-server/custom"
+      - "./temp_backups:/usr/src/app/packages/dev-server/temp-backups" # Staging for backup creation; pre-restore asset copy; restore marker -> Mostly short-lived -> Clean periodically to free disk space.
+      - "./backups:/usr/src/app/packages/dev-server/backups" # Long-term storage for LOCAL backups -> Persistent
       # - "./logs:/usr/src/app/packages/dev-server/logs"
   phoenix-worker:
     restart: always
@@ -334,6 +336,8 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - "./assets:/usr/src/app/packages/dev-server/assets"
       - "./server_custom:/usr/src/app/packages/dev-server/custom"
+      - "./temp_backups:/usr/src/app/packages/dev-server/temp-backups" # Staging for backup creation; pre-restore asset copy; restore marker -> Mostly short-lived -> Clean periodically to free disk space.
+      - "./backups:/usr/src/app/packages/dev-server/backups" # Long-term storage for LOCAL backups -> Persistent
       # - "./logs:/usr/src/app/packages/dev-server/logs"
   phoenix-redis:
     image: redis:7.2-alpine