diff --git a/authelia/.gitignore b/authelia/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bd3a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/authelia/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Ignore Authelia runtime/state files
+# SQLite database and notification artifacts stored after switching to directory bind mount
+/db.sqlite3
+/notification.txt
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3c43cb7..52c57d7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -162,9 +162,11 @@ services:
     environment:
       TZ: "${TZ}"
     volumes:
-      - ./authelia/configuration.yml:/config/configuration.yml:ro
-      - ./authelia/users_database.yml:/config/users_database.yml:ro
-      - authelia_data:/config
+      # Mount entire config directory so individual file binds are not hidden by a named volume.
+      # NOTE: The previous setup mounted a named volume at /config which masked the two file binds
+      # causing Traefik -> Authelia timeouts (missing configuration). Persisted runtime files (db, notifications)
+      # will live in this folder on the host; ensure db.sqlite3 is gitignored.
+      - ./authelia:/config
     networks: [traefik_proxy, internal]
     labels:
       - traefik.enable=true