diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index 26a4403..4280238 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ services:
     #   service: cpu # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding
     volumes:
       # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file
-      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
+      - immich-uploads:/usr/src/app/upload
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
     env_file:
       - .env
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ services:
       - redis
       - database
     restart: unless-stopped
+    networks:
+      - proxy
+      - backend
     healthcheck:
       disable: false
 
@@ -44,6 +47,8 @@ services:
     env_file:
       - .env
     restart: unless-stopped
+    networks:
+      - backend
     healthcheck:
       disable: false
 
@@ -52,6 +57,8 @@ services:
     image: docker.io/redis:6.2-alpine@sha256:148bb5411c184abd288d9aaed139c98123eeb8824c5d3fce03cf721db58066d8
     healthcheck:
       test: redis-cli ping || exit 1
+    networks:
+      - backend
     restart: unless-stopped
 
   database:
@@ -64,7 +71,7 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums'
     volumes:
       # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the database storage location on your system, edit the value of DB_DATA_LOCATION in the .env file
-      - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - immich-database:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     healthcheck:
       test: >-
         pg_isready --dbname="$${POSTGRES_DB}" --username="$${POSTGRES_USER}" || exit 1;
@@ -84,6 +91,28 @@ services:
       -c shared_buffers=512MB
       -c wal_compression=on
     restart: unless-stopped
+    networks:
+      - backend
+
+networks:
+  proxy:
+    external: true
+  backend:
+    external: true
 
 volumes:
-  model-cache:
+  model-cache: {}
+
+  immich-uploads:
+    driver: local
+    driver_opts:
+      type: nfs
+      o: "addr=${NFS_URL},soft,nolock,rw"
+      device: "${UPLOAD_LOCATION}"
+    labels:
+      dev.housh.description: "Immich upload volume."
+
+  immich-database:
+    driver: local
+    labels:
+      dev.housh.description: "Immich database volume."
diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
index c64ca2f..a02acd6 100644
--- a/example.env
+++ b/example.env
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 # You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables
 
 # The location where your uploaded files are stored
-UPLOAD_LOCATION=/media/immich/library
-# The location where your database files are stored
-DB_DATA_LOCATION=/media/immich/db
+UPLOAD_LOCATION=":/var/nfs/path/to/photo/library"
 
 # To set a timezone, uncomment the next line and change Etc/UTC to a TZ identifier from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List
 # TZ=Etc/UTC