diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 65cdc7f0..917805a0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -53,17 +53,19 @@ services:
       - SANDBOX_PROTOCOL=${SANDBOX_PROTOCOL:-}
       - START_WRITERS=${START_WRITERS:-}
       - CONTRACT_ID=${CONTRACT_ID:-}
-      - CHAIN_CACHE_TYPE=${CHAIN_CACHE_TYPE:-}
+      - CHAIN_CACHE_TYPE=${CHAIN_CACHE_TYPE:-redis}
       - REDIS_CACHE_URL=${REDIS_CACHE_URL:-redis://redis:6379}
     depends_on:
       - redis
 
   redis:
     image: redis:latest
+    # TODO: append only is reccomended to prevent losing data
+    # command: redis-server --appendonly yes
     ports:
       - "6379:6379"
     volumes:
-      - ${REDIS_DATA_PATH:-./data/redis}:/app/data/redis
+      - ${REDIS_DATA_PATH:-./data/redis}:/data
 
   observer:
     image: ghcr.io/ar-io/ar-io-observer:${OBSERVER_IMAGE_TAG:-a5b9b3a0246ba2912c610ad28ffe849d8184d752}
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 8970703e..3188ae46 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export const CONTRACT_ID = env.varOrDefault(
   'CONTRACT_ID',
   'bLAgYxAdX2Ry-nt6aH2ixgvJXbpsEYm28NgJgyqfs-U',
 );
-export const CHAIN_CACHE_TYPE = env.varOrDefault('CHAIN_CACHE_TYPE', 'redis');
+export const CHAIN_CACHE_TYPE = env.varOrDefault('CHAIN_CACHE_TYPE', 'fs');
 export const REDIS_CACHE_URL = env.varOrDefault(
   'REDIS_CACHE_URL',
   'redis://localhost:6379',