diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index cd6def04..ccaa3cf6 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ services:
     command: python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
     #command: pip install -r requirements.txt
     volumes:
-      - ../:/usr/src/app      # mount the whole repo into the container
-      - ./backups:/usr/src/backups
-      - ./media:/usr/src/media
-      - ./static:/usr/src/static
+      # Mount the rad app directory into the container WORKDIR used by the Dockerfile
+      - ./rad:/usr/src/rad
+      # Mount host media/static/backups into sensible container paths
+      - ./backups:/usr/src/rad/backups
+      - ./media:/usr/src/rad/media
+      - ./static:/usr/src/rad/static
     ports:
       - 8000:8000
       - 3459:3459