diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b2d3cb..82ba10d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 inventaire
 data
-log
\ No newline at end of file
+log
+configs/docker.ini
+
diff --git a/configs/0_local.ini b/configs/0_local.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9cc7e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/0_local.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+; CouchDB configuration file, named to have a lower priority than ./docker.ini
+; See https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/config/index.html
+
+[fabric]
+; Prevent "No DB shards could be opened" errors, see https://github.com/apache/couchdb/issues/4497
+shard_timeout_min_msec = 5000
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7edab98..09b8096 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ services:
       COUCHDB_PASSWORD: "yourcouchdbpassword"
     volumes:
       - './data/couchdb:/opt/couchdb/data'
+      - './configs:/opt/couchdb/etc/local.d'
     network_mode: host
     tty: true
   elasticsearch: