diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a545dda..82b5062 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -28,5 +28,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 USER 1000
 COPY --from=builder /app/target/release/git-next /usr/local/bin
 
+ENV HOME=/app
+
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/local/bin/git-next" ]
 CMD [ "server", "start" ]
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/tui/README.md b/crates/cli/src/tui/README.md
index 3f608b0..103b261 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/tui/README.md
+++ b/crates/cli/src/tui/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ The build `git-next` with the Terminal UI use: `cargo install git-next --feature
 
 To run `git-next` with the Terminal UI use: `git-next server start --ui`
 
+### Docker
+
+If using the docker image you will need to create a directory to mount that contains the
+`git-next-server.toml` file. Mount this directory as `/app`. In the example below we use
+the current directory for this.
+
+If you want to persist the clones of your monitored repos then point `storage.path` in
+`git-next-server.toml` to the the directory `/app`, (e.g. `path = "/app/data"`).
+
+`docker run -it -v .:/app/ git.kemitix.net/kemitix/git-next:latest server start --ui`
+
 ## logs
 
 When the Terminal UI is enabled via the `--ui` parameter, logs are written to the file: