diff --git a/apps/ignis/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/apps/ignis/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index c1e42bf..6aa108f 100644
--- a/apps/ignis/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/apps/ignis/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: {{ .Release.Name }}
     spec:
+      # Default ndots:5 forces every external FQDN lookup (npm registry, GitHub
+      # releases) through 4 failed cluster-search-domain attempts before the
+      # bare name resolves — observed 6-12s DNS delays that broke the
+      # obsidian-headless install (its own request timeout is shorter than that).
+      dnsConfig:
+        options:
+          - name: ndots
+            value: "1"
       containers:
         - name: ignis
           image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
diff --git a/apps/ignis/chart/templates/service.yaml b/apps/ignis/chart/templates/service.yaml
index f63576a..3e653ab 100644
--- a/apps/ignis/chart/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/apps/ignis/chart/templates/service.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: {{ .Release.Name }}
 spec:
+  type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
   selector:
     app: {{ .Release.Name }}
   ports:
diff --git a/apps/ignis/chart/values.yaml b/apps/ignis/chart/values.yaml
index 0cd16a1..b9731d0 100644
--- a/apps/ignis/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/apps/ignis/chart/values.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ image:
 replicaCount: 1
 
 service:
+  type: ClusterIP
   port: 8080
 
 env:
diff --git a/apps/ignis/docker-compose.yml b/apps/ignis/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24a11b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ignis/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+services:
+  ignis:
+    image: nobbe/ignis:latest
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    environment:
+      - PUID=1000
+      - PGID=1000
+    volumes:
+      - ./vaults:/vaults
+      - ./data:/app/data
+      - obsidian-app:/app/obsidian-app
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+volumes:
+  obsidian-app: