diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 832e582..9137c55 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,13 @@ cmd/server/var/
 
 # vscode project dir
 .vscode/
+
+# Compiled binary
+cmd/server/server
+
+# host storage for container
+minio-data/
+postgres-data/
+
+# Scratch space
+scratch/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e8f732..489e353 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -158,3 +158,19 @@ The steps:
          owner |  repo
         -------+---------
          foo   | foo/bar
+
+### Use the minio ql db
+
+1.  Web access via
+
+        open http://localhost:9001/login
+
+    username / password are in `docker-compose.yml` for now.  The ql db listing 
+    will be at
+
+        http://localhost:9001/browser/qldb
+
+1.  The names use `owner_repo` format for now, e.g. `google_flatbuffers_db.zip`.  
+    TODO This will be enhanced to include other data later
+
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e8a5e03..fe56dc0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: examplepass
       POSTGRES_DB: exampledb
     volumes:
-      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - ./postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
       - ./postgres-init-scripts:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
     ports:
       - "5432:5432" # Exposing PostgreSQL to the host
@@ -33,17 +33,17 @@ services:
     networks:
       - backend
 
-
   server:
     image: server-image
     container_name: server
+    stop_grace_period: 1s  # Reduce the timeout period for testing
     environment:
       - MRVA_SERVER_ROOT=/mrva/mrvacommander/cmd/server
     command: sh -c "tail -f /dev/null"
     ports:
       - "8080:8080" 
     volumes:
-      - /Users/hohn/work-gh/mrva/mrvacommander:/mrva/mrvacommander
+      - ./:/mrva/mrvacommander
     depends_on:
       - postgres
       - rabbitmq
@@ -58,15 +58,17 @@ services:
       - "9001:9001"
     environment:
       MINIO_ROOT_USER: user
-      MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: musty-coke
+      MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: mmusty8432
+
     command: server /data --console-address ":9001"
     volumes:
-      - minio-data:/data
+      - ./minio-data:/data
 
-volumes:
-  minio-data:
-  postgres_data:
-    driver: local
+# Remove named volumes to use bind mounts
+# volumes:
+#   minio-data:
+#   postgres_data:
+#     driver: local
 
 networks:
   backend:
diff --git a/populate-qldb-store.sh b/populate-qldb-store.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccbd63e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/populate-qldb-store.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Configuration
+MINIO_ALIAS="qldbminio"
+MINIO_URL="http://localhost:9000"
+MINIO_ROOT_USER="user"
+MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD="mmusty8432"
+BUCKET_NAME="qldb"
+
+# Check for MinIO client
+if ! command -v mc &> /dev/null
+then
+    echo "MinIO client (mc) not found.  "
+fi
+
+# Configure MinIO client
+mc alias set $MINIO_ALIAS $MINIO_URL $MINIO_ROOT_USER $MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD
+
+# Create ql db bucket
+mc mb $MINIO_ALIAS/$BUCKET_NAME
+
+# Upload the two sample DBs
+mc cp cmd/server/codeql/dbs/google/flatbuffers/google_flatbuffers_db.zip \
+   cmd/server/codeql/dbs/psycopg/psycopg2/psycopg_psycopg2_db.zip \
+   $MINIO_ALIAS/$BUCKET_NAME
+
+# Check new diskuse
+du -k minio-data