diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index daf6041ae..e4995fe58 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ npm-debug.log
 readme*
 Start.bat
 /dist
-/backups/
+/backups
 cloudflared.exe
 access.log
+/data
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 64b33ddb2..d6a5061bb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public/stats.json
 /docker/config
 /docker/user
 /docker/extensions
+/docker/data
 .DS_Store
 public/settings.json
 /thumbnails
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index efae20b0e..64a92173a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:19.1.0-alpine3.16
+FROM node:lts-alpine3.18
 
 # Arguments
 ARG APP_HOME=/home/node/app
@@ -26,19 +26,9 @@ COPY . ./
 
 # Copy default chats, characters and user avatars to <folder>.default folder
 RUN \
-  IFS="," RESOURCES="assets,backgrounds,user,context,instruct,QuickReplies,movingUI,themes,characters,chats,groups,group chats,User Avatars,worlds,OpenAI Settings,NovelAI Settings,KoboldAI Settings,TextGen Settings" && \
-  \
-  echo "*** Store default $RESOURCES in <folder>.default ***" && \
-  for R in $RESOURCES; do mv "public/$R" "public/$R.default"; done || true && \
-  \
-  echo "*** Create symbolic links to config directory ***" && \
-  for R in $RESOURCES; do ln -s "../config/$R" "public/$R"; done || true && \
-  \
-  rm -f "config.yaml" "public/settings.json" || true && \
+  rm -f "config.yaml" || true && \
   ln -s "./config/config.yaml" "config.yaml" || true && \
-  ln -s "../config/settings.json" "public/settings.json" || true && \
-  mkdir "config" || true && \
-  mkdir -p "public/user" || true
+  mkdir "config" || true
 
 # Cleanup unnecessary files
 RUN \
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index d96c21fe4..2f1f68676 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
     volumes:
-      - "./extensions:/home/node/app/public/scripts/extensions/third-party"
       - "./config:/home/node/app/config"
-      - "./user:/home/node/app/public/user"
+      - "./data:/home/node/app/data"
     restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
index bafbdaf62..6432f40c1 100644
--- a/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,38 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Initialize missing user files
-IFS="," RESOURCES="assets,backgrounds,user,context,instruct,QuickReplies,movingUI,themes,characters,chats,groups,group chats,User Avatars,worlds,OpenAI Settings,NovelAI Settings,KoboldAI Settings,TextGen Settings"
-for R in $RESOURCES; do
-  if [ ! -e "config/$R" ]; then
-    echo "Resource not found, copying from defaults: $R"
-    cp -r "public/$R.default" "config/$R"
-  fi
-done
-
 if [ ! -e "config/config.yaml" ]; then
     echo "Resource not found, copying from defaults: config.yaml"
     cp -r "default/config.yaml" "config/config.yaml"
 fi
 
-if [ ! -e "config/settings.json" ]; then
-    echo "Resource not found, copying from defaults: settings.json"
-    cp -r "default/settings.json" "config/settings.json"
-fi
-
 CONFIG_FILE="config.yaml"
 
 echo "Starting with the following config:"
 cat $CONFIG_FILE
 
-if grep -q "listen: false" $CONFIG_FILE; then
-  echo -e "\033[1;31mThe listen parameter is set to false. If you can't connect to the server, edit the \"docker/config/config.yaml\" file and restart the container.\033[0m"
-  sleep 5
-fi
-
-if grep -q "whitelistMode: true" $CONFIG_FILE; then
-  echo -e "\033[1;31mThe whitelistMode parameter is set to true. If you can't connect to the server, edit the \"docker/config/config.yaml\" file and restart the container.\033[0m"
-  sleep 5
-fi
-
 # Start the server
-exec node server.js
+exec node server.js --listen
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 4b96b1c3d..23bf5b87d 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ then
     esac
 fi
 
-# if running on replit patch whitelist
-if [ ! -z "$REPL_ID" ]; then
-  echo -e "Running on Repl.it... \nPatching Whitelist..."
-  sed -i 's|whitelistMode = true|whitelistMode = false|g' "config.conf"
-fi
-
 echo "Installing Node Modules..."
 export NODE_ENV=production
 npm i --no-audit --no-fund --quiet --omit=dev