diff --git a/.env.common b/.env.common
index 213af15..bae57f2 100644
--- a/.env.common
+++ b/.env.common
@@ -67,3 +67,5 @@ MONGO_URL=${MONGO_CONNECT}/?replicaSet=${MONGO_REPLICA_SET}
 REDIS_HOST=redis
 REDIS_PORT=6379
 REDIS_URL="redis://${REDIS_HOST}:${REDIS_PORT}?dial_timeout=3&read_timeout=6s"
+
+STORAGE_DIR="./storage"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d3c5a21..644a28b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ services:
       dockerfile: Dockerfile-generateconfig-anyconf
     volumes:
       - ./:/code
+      - "${STORAGE_DIR}:/code/storage"
 
   # processing any-sync-* configs
   generateconfig-processing:
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ services:
       dockerfile: Dockerfile-generateconfig-processing
     volumes:
       - ./:/code
+      - "${STORAGE_DIR}:/code/storage"
 
   mongo-1:
     depends_on:
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "${MONGO_1_PORT}:${MONGO_1_PORT}"
     volumes:
-      - ./storage/mongo-1/:/data/db
+      - "${STORAGE_DIR}/mongo-1/:/data/db"
     healthcheck:
       test: test $$(mongosh --port ${MONGO_1_PORT} --quiet --eval "try {rs.initiate({_id:'${MONGO_REPLICA_SET}',members:[{_id:0,host:\"mongo-1:${MONGO_1_PORT}\"}]})} catch(e) {rs.status().ok}") -eq 1
       interval: 10s
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "${REDIS_PORT}:${REDIS_PORT}"
     volumes:
-      - ./storage/redis/:/data/
+      - "${STORAGE_DIR}/redis/:/data/"
     healthcheck:
       test: [ "CMD", "redis-cli", "--raw", "-p", "${REDIS_PORT}", "incr", "ping" ]
       interval: 10s
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ services:
       - "${EXTERNAL_MINIO_PORT}:${MINIO_PORT}"
       - "${EXTERNAL_MINIO_WEB_PORT}:${MINIO_WEB_PORT}"
     volumes:
-      - ./storage/minio:/data
+      - "${STORAGE_DIR}/minio:/data"
     healthcheck:
       test: bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/${MINIO_PORT}' || exit 1
       interval: 5s
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ services:
       - 8005:8000
     volumes:
       - ./etc/any-sync-coordinator/:/etc/any-sync-coordinator/
-      - ./storage/networkStore/any-sync-coordinator/:/networkStore/
+      - "${STORAGE_DIR}/networkStore/any-sync-coordinator/:/networkStore/"
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./etc/any-sync-filenode/:/etc/any-sync-filenode/
       - ./etc/.aws:/root/.aws:ro
-      - ./storage/networkStore/any-sync-filenode/:/networkStore/
+      - "${STORAGE_DIR}/networkStore/any-sync-filenode/:/networkStore/"
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
@@ -155,8 +157,8 @@ services:
       - 8001:8000
     volumes:
       - ./etc/any-sync-node-1/:/etc/any-sync-node/
-      - ./storage/any-sync-node-1/:/storage/
-      - ./storage/networkStore/any-sync-node-1/:/networkStore/
+      - "${STORAGE_DIR}/any-sync-node-1/:/storage/"
+      - "${STORAGE_DIR}/networkStore/any-sync-node-1/:/networkStore/"
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
@@ -175,8 +177,8 @@ services:
       - 8002:8000
     volumes:
       - ./etc/any-sync-node-2/:/etc/any-sync-node/
-      - ./storage/any-sync-node-2/:/storage/
-      - ./storage/networkStore/any-sync-node-2/:/networkStore/
+      - "${STORAGE_DIR}/any-sync-node-2/:/storage/"
+      - "${STORAGE_DIR}/networkStore/any-sync-node-2/:/networkStore/"
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
@@ -195,8 +197,8 @@ services:
       - 8003:8000
     volumes:
       - ./etc/any-sync-node-3/:/etc/any-sync-node/
-      - ./storage/any-sync-node-3/:/storage/
-      - ./storage/networkStore/any-sync-node-3/:/networkStore/
+      - "${STORAGE_DIR}/any-sync-node-3/:/storage/"
+      - "${STORAGE_DIR}/networkStore/any-sync-node-3/:/networkStore/"
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ services:
       - 8006:8000
     volumes:
       - ./etc/any-sync-consensusnode/:/etc/any-sync-consensusnode/
-      - ./storage/networkStore/any-sync-consensusnode/:/networkStore/
+      - "${STORAGE_DIR}/networkStore/any-sync-consensusnode/:/networkStore/"
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
@@ -233,6 +235,7 @@ services:
       - any-sync-node-3
     volumes:
       - ./:/code
+      - "${STORAGE_DIR}:/code/storage"
     command: "tail -f /dev/null"
     tty: true
     healthcheck: