diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 79fe06e..e4a93a6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ logs/certbot/*
 # ignore generated certificates for haproxy
 data/certificates/*
 !data/certificates/.placeholder
+
+# ignore rtmp directories
+data/rtmp/hls/*
+!data/rtmp/hls/.placeholder
diff --git a/data/rtmp/hls/.placeholder b/data/rtmp/hls/.placeholder
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 82fe073..1b1f3f8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ services:
       - "80:8080"
     container_name: rtmp_server
     volumes:
-      - ./data:/tmp/hls
+      - "./data/rtmp/hls:/tmp/hls"
 
   auth:
     build: ./auth