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@@ -29,15 +29,25 @@ RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir
 # RUN groupadd -r user && useradd -r -g user user
 
 
-RUN rm db.sqlite3
+# RUN rm db.sqlite3
 RUN ls -lh
 # RUN chown -R user:user /app
 # RUN chmod 777 /app/db.sqlite3
 # USER user
 
 
-RUN python3 manage.py makemigrations;\
-    python3 manage.py migrate;
+# RUN python3 manage.py makemigrations;\
+#     python3 manage.py migrate;
+
+
+# Make app folder writeable for the sake of db.sqlite3, and make that file also writeable.
+# Ideally you host the database somewhere else so that the app folders can remain read only.
+# Without these permissions you see the errors "unable to open database file" and
+# "attempt to write to a readonly database", respectively, whenever the app attempts to
+# write to the database.
+RUN chmod g+w /app
+RUN chmod g+w /app/db.sqlite3
+
 
 RUN ls -lh