diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1903a0b..351e81c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./user:/var/www/html/user
       - ./php/php-local.ini:/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/php-local.ini
+      # Grav stages form uploads in tmp/forms/<session>/ before the submit moves
+      # them into the page folder. The image declares /var/www/html as a VOLUME,
+      # so without this it lives in an ANONYMOUS volume that is discarded on any
+      # `docker compose up` that recreates the container — dropping the photos of
+      # a post that was filled in but not yet submitted. Naming it gives the
+      # staging area its own lifecycle.
+      - grav_tmp:/var/www/html/tmp
     restart: unless-stopped
 
   travel-memories:
@@ -24,3 +31,6 @@ services:
       - ./user/pages:/app/pages
     env_file: .env
     user: "${UID}:${GID}"
+
+volumes:
+  grav_tmp:
diff --git a/travel-blog-intotheeast.code-workspace b/travel-blog-intotheeast.code-workspace
index 362d7c2..26a18ea 100644
--- a/travel-blog-intotheeast.code-workspace
+++ b/travel-blog-intotheeast.code-workspace
@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@
 		{
 			"path": "."
 		}
-	]
+	],
+	"settings": {
+		"makefile.configureOnOpen": false
+	}
 }
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