diff --git a/config/characters/.gitkeep b/config/characters/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 350f6dc..d1caff0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ services:
 #      - 5005:5005  # Default streaming port
 #      - 5001:5001  # Default OpenAI API extension port
     volumes:
+      - ./config/characters:/app/characters
       - ./config/loras:/app/loras
       - ./config/models:/app/models
       - ./config/presets:/app/presets
       - ./config/prompts:/app/prompts
-      - ./config/softprompts:/app/softprompts
       - ./config/training:/app/training
 #      - ./config/extensions:/app/extensions  # Persist all extensions
 #      - ./config/extensions/silero_tts:/app/extensions/silero_tts  # Persist a single extension
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml.build b/docker-compose.yml.build
index fe31536..5d4e2f3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml.build
+++ b/docker-compose.yml.build
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ services:
 #      - 5005:5005  # Default streaming port
 #      - 5001:5001  # Default OpenAI API extension port
     volumes:
+      - ./config/characters:/app/characters
       - ./config/loras:/app/loras
       - ./config/models:/app/models
       - ./config/presets:/app/presets
       - ./config/prompts:/app/prompts
-      - ./config/softprompts:/app/softprompts
       - ./config/training:/app/training
 #      - ./config/extensions:/app/extensions  # Persist all extensions
 #      - ./config/extensions/silero_tts:/app/extensions/silero_tts  # Persist a single extension
diff --git a/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh b/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 5897aec..cd51e2f 100644
--- a/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function ctrl_c {
 trap ctrl_c SIGTERM SIGINT SIGQUIT SIGHUP
 
 # Generate default configs if empty
-CONFIG_DIRECTORIES=("loras" "models" "presets" "prompts" "training/datasets" "training/formats")
+CONFIG_DIRECTORIES=("characters" "loras" "models" "presets" "prompts" "training/datasets" "training/formats")
 for config_dir in "${CONFIG_DIRECTORIES[@]}"; do
   if [ -z "$(ls /app/"$config_dir")" ]; then
     echo "*** Initialising config for: '$config_dir' ***"