diff --git a/configs/docker_config.py b/configs/docker_config.py
index 1099a4a..42fffd5 100644
--- a/configs/docker_config.py
+++ b/configs/docker_config.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ PORT = 80
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:////data/powerdns-admin.db'
 SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE = 'Lax'
 CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True
+FILESYSTEM_SESSIONS_ENABLED = True
 
 legal_envvars = (
     'SECRET_KEY',
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index e9905d6..4618239 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ARG BUILD_DEPENDENCIES="build-base \
     openldap-dev \
     python3-dev \
     xmlsec-dev \
+    npm \
     yarn \
     cargo"
 
diff --git a/powerdnsadmin/default_config.py b/powerdnsadmin/default_config.py
index 81d0e32..952e0d5 100644
--- a/powerdnsadmin/default_config.py
+++ b/powerdnsadmin/default_config.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SECRET_KEY = 'e951e5a1f4b94151b360f47edf596dd2'
 BIND_ADDRESS = '0.0.0.0'
 PORT = 9191
 HSTS_ENABLED = False
-FILESYSTEM_SESSIONS_ENABLED = False
+FILESYSTEM_SESSIONS_ENABLED = True
 SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE = 'Lax'
 CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'mysql://{}:{}@{}/{}'.format(
 )
 
 ### DATABASE - SQLite
-# SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(basedir, 'pdns.db')
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(basedir, 'pdns.db')
 
 # SAML Authnetication
 SAML_ENABLED = False