diff --git a/community-containers/local-ai/local-ai.json b/community-containers/local-ai/local-ai.json
index ea180eb9..fceb4394 100644
--- a/community-containers/local-ai/local-ai.json
+++ b/community-containers/local-ai/local-ai.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
                 "TZ=%TIMEZONE%",
                 "LOCALAI_API_KEY=%LOCALAI_API_KEY%",
                 "LOCALAI_ADDRESS=:10078",
+                "LOCALAI_CONFIG_DIR=/configuration",
                 "LOCALAI_MODEL_PATH=/models",
                 "LOCALAI_BACKEND_PATH=/backends"
             ],
@@ -23,6 +24,11 @@
                 }
             ],
             "volumes": [
+                {
+                  "source": "nextcloud_aio_localai_configuration",
+                  "destination": "/configuration",
+                  "writeable": true
+                },
                 {
                     "source": "nextcloud_aio_localai_models",
                     "destination": "/models",
@@ -48,6 +54,9 @@
                 "php /var/www/html/occ config:app:set integration_openai api_key --value %LOCALAI_API_KEY%",
                 "php /var/www/html/occ app:install assistant",
                 "php /var/www/html/occ app:enable assistant"
+            ],
+            "backup_volumes": [
+              "nextcloud_aio_localai_configuration"
             ]
         }
     ]