diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f3b249..d2b38ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 .idea
 # exclude the .env file which will be created from env.example
 .env
+
+# exclude the apps folder
+/config/opencloud/apps
+
 # exclude custom compose files
 /custom
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c83a205..aa66ccd 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ services:
       # configure the .env file to use own paths instead of docker internal volumes
       - ${OC_CONFIG_DIR:-opencloud-config}:/etc/opencloud
       - ${OC_DATA_DIR:-opencloud-data}:/var/lib/opencloud
+      - ${OC_APPS_DIR:-./config/opencloud/apps}:/var/lib/opencloud/web/assets/apps
     logging:
       driver: ${LOG_DRIVER:-local}
     restart: always