diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4ee4e70c..d8c33d7b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,id=workspace,target=/root/.local/share/pnpm/store pnpm in
 # Build stage for the server.
 FROM base AS build
 # TODO: Remove this when we switch to an actual database.
-# ENV DATABASE_URL="file:./dev.db"
+ENV DATABASE_URL="file:/data/production.sqlite"
 RUN \
   # TODO: This initalizes the database. But we should probably remove this later.
   # pnpm --filter server prisma migrate reset --force && \
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ FROM node:22-alpine AS server
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=build /workspace/deployment/out .
 # TODO: Remove this when we switch to an actual database.
-ENV DATABASE_URL="file:/mnt/hypergraph_data/production.sqlite"
+ENV DATABASE_URL="file:/data/production.sqlite"
 RUN npm run prisma migrate deploy --skip-generate
 EXPOSE 3030
+# can't use fly.io release_command because it doesn't mount the volume containing the sqlite db file
 CMD ["sh", "-c", "npm run prisma migrate deploy && node dist/index.js"]
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 667e9c89..37c42e8d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,4 +74,36 @@ pnpm publish
 pnpm build
 cd packages/hypergraph-react/publish
 pnpm publish
-```
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+```
+
+## Deploying your own SyncServer to Fly.io (single instance)
+
+```sh
+# change the name of the `app` and `primary_region` in the fly.toml file
+
+# create a volume for the sqlite db file - replace `fra` with your region
+fly volumes create data -s 1 -r fra
+
+# set the DATABASE_URL (not sure if it's necessary since already set in the Dockerfile)
+fly secrets set DATABASE_URL=file:/data/production.sqlite
+
+# deploy (ha=false to avoid starting multiple instances)
+fly launch --ha=false
+
+# probably not necessary, but better safe than sorry
+fly scale count 1
+```
+
+Resources:
+- https://fly.io/docs/js/prisma/sqlite/
+- https://programmingmylife.com/2023-11-06-using-sqlite-for-a-django-application-on-flyio.html
+- https://community.fly.io/t/backup-and-restore-sqlite-db-to-server/21232/2
+
+### Multi-region deployments
+
+As an alternative you might want to setup a lite-fs volume for multi-region deployments.
+
+Resources:
+- https://github.com/epicweb-dev/node-sqlite-fly-tutorial/tree/main/steps
+- https://www.epicweb.dev/tutorials/deploy-web-applications/multi-region-data-and-deployment/prepare-for-multi-region-data-with-litefs
+- https://fly.io/docs/litefs/speedrun/
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diff --git a/fly.toml b/fly.toml
index 89b29697..d7bac7c3 100644
--- a/fly.toml
+++ b/fly.toml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ cpu_kind = 'shared'
 cpus = 1
 
 [mounts]
-source = "hypergraph_data"
-destination = "/mnt/hypergraph_data"
-
-# [deploy]
-# release_command = "/bin/sh -c 'npm run prisma migrate deploy --skip-generate'"
+source = "data"
+destination = "/data"
+auto_extend_size_threshold = 80
+auto_extend_size_increment = "1GB"
+auto_extend_size_limit = "10GB"