diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index db1f8a1c1..5a6361002 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,13 +7,17 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     && docker-php-ext-install mysqli bcmath intl gd \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
-    && a2enmod rewrite
+    && a2enmod rewrite \
+    && sed -i 's/AllowOverride None/AllowOverride All/' /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
 
 RUN echo "date.timezone = \"\${PHP_TIMEZONE}\"" > /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/timezone.ini
 
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --chown=www-data:www-data . /app
 RUN chmod 770 /app/writable/uploads /app/writable/logs /app/writable/cache \
+    && mkdir -p /app/public/uploads/item_pics \
+    && chown www-data:www-data /app/public/uploads/item_pics \
+    && chmod 640 /app/.env \
     && ln -s /app/*[^public] /var/www \
     && rm -rf /var/www/html \
     && ln -nsf /app/public /var/www/html