diff --git a/README b/README
index e7e2478..4c80d06 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -33,7 +33,15 @@ own hardware.
 
 DEPLOYMENT
 
+Only Nix build instructions targeting containers are provided below, 
+but this project can be built and run without containers or Nix using Cabal.
 
+- Clone this repository
+- Build the container image (with flakes enabled): `nix build .#purr-container`
+- Load the container image
+  - podman load -i result
+- Use the provided docker stack example to deploy the container if desired
+  - docker stack deploy -c docker-stack.yml purr
 
 DEVELOPMENT & SUPPORT
 
diff --git a/examples/.env.example b/examples/.env.example
index 4236dab..08da2d5 100644
--- a/examples/.env.example
+++ b/examples/.env.example
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ENVIRONMENT="production"
 APPLICATIONHOST="localhost"
 APPLICATIONPORT="3000"
-DATAPATH="./"
+DATADIR="./"
 DBFILE="data/Purr.sqlite"
 LINKLENGTH="24"
 ADMINEMAIL="admin@purr.example.com"
diff --git a/examples/docker-stack.yml b/examples/docker-stack.yml
index 22951e6..c09c08c 100644
--- a/examples/docker-stack.yml
+++ b/examples/docker-stack.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ services:
     networks:
       - webnet
     volumes:
-      - ./data/Purr.sqlite:/app/data/Purr.sqlite
-      - ./config.dhall:/app/config.dhall
+      - ./data:/app/data
+      - ./.env:/app/.env
 
 networks:
   webnet:
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 480447c..9fb3a5a 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       let
         pkgs              = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
         packageName       = "purr";
-        dockerPackageName = "${packageName}-docker";
+        containerPackageName = "${packageName}-container";
 
         haskellPackages = pkgs.haskellPackages;
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         };
         devShell = self.devShells.${system}.default;
 
-        packages.${dockerPackageName} = pkgs.dockerTools.buildImage {
+        packages.${containerPackageName} = pkgs.dockerTools.buildImage {
           name = "purr";
 
           copyToRoot = pkgs.buildEnv {
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
             Cmd = [
               "/bin/Purr"
             ];
+            WorkingDir = "/app";
             ExposedPorts = {
               "3000/tcp" = {};
             };