diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6023cefac6ae..d32d4a667d4a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -36,5 +36,7 @@ RUN sed -i '/Items below this point will not be included in the Docker Image/,$d
 	pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 WORKDIR /app
 ONBUILD COPY autogpt/ ./autogpt
+ONBUILD COPY scripts/ ./scripts
+
 
 FROM autogpt-${BUILD_TYPE} AS auto-gpt
diff --git a/autogpt/utils.py b/autogpt/utils.py
index 112a15080c7a..6a3ef0ae78a5 100644
--- a/autogpt/utils.py
+++ b/autogpt/utils.py
@@ -109,10 +109,12 @@ def get_current_git_branch() -> str:
 
 
 def get_latest_bulletin() -> tuple[str, bool]:
-    exists = os.path.exists("CURRENT_BULLETIN.md")
+    exists = os.path.exists("data/CURRENT_BULLETIN.md")
     current_bulletin = ""
     if exists:
-        current_bulletin = open("CURRENT_BULLETIN.md", "r", encoding="utf-8").read()
+        current_bulletin = open(
+            "data/CURRENT_BULLETIN.md", "r", encoding="utf-8"
+        ).read()
     new_bulletin = get_bulletin_from_web()
     is_new_news = new_bulletin != "" and new_bulletin != current_bulletin
 
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ def get_latest_bulletin() -> tuple[str, bool]:
         )
 
     if new_bulletin and is_new_news:
-        open("CURRENT_BULLETIN.md", "w", encoding="utf-8").write(new_bulletin)
+        open("data/CURRENT_BULLETIN.md", "w", encoding="utf-8").write(new_bulletin)
         current_bulletin = f"{Fore.RED}::NEW BULLETIN::{Fore.RESET}\n\n{new_bulletin}"
 
     return f"{news_header}\n{current_bulletin}", is_new_news
diff --git a/data/.keep b/data/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/docs/setup.md b/docs/setup.md
index d0917c8bfc78..c49749149d6f 100644
--- a/docs/setup.md
+++ b/docs/setup.md
@@ -54,9 +54,15 @@ Get your OpenAI API key from: [https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys](htt
             environment:
               MEMORY_BACKEND: ${MEMORY_BACKEND:-redis}
               REDIS_HOST: ${REDIS_HOST:-redis}
-            volumes:
-              - ./:/app
             profiles: ["exclude-from-up"]
+            volumes:
+              - ./auto_gpt_workspace:/app/auto_gpt_workspace
+              - ./data:/app/data
+              ## allow auto-gpt to write logs to disk
+              - ./logs:/app/logs
+              ## uncomment following lines if you have / want to make use of these files
+              #- ./azure.yaml:/app/azure.yaml
+              #- ./ai_settings.yaml:/app/ai_settings.yaml
           redis:
             image: "redis/redis-stack-server:latest"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 5b4d181c158e..f9ab36987ea2 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ def test_get_bulletin_from_web_exception(mock_get):
 
 
 def test_get_latest_bulletin_no_file():
-    if os.path.exists("CURRENT_BULLETIN.md"):
-        os.remove("CURRENT_BULLETIN.md")
+    if os.path.exists("data/CURRENT_BULLETIN.md"):
+        os.remove("data/CURRENT_BULLETIN.md")
 
     bulletin, is_new = get_latest_bulletin()
     assert is_new
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def test_get_latest_bulletin_no_file():
 
 def test_get_latest_bulletin_with_file():
     expected_content = "Test bulletin"
-    with open("CURRENT_BULLETIN.md", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    with open("data/CURRENT_BULLETIN.md", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         f.write(expected_content)
 
     with patch("autogpt.utils.get_bulletin_from_web", return_value=""):
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ def test_get_latest_bulletin_with_file():
         assert expected_content in bulletin
         assert is_new == False
 
-    os.remove("CURRENT_BULLETIN.md")
+    os.remove("data/CURRENT_BULLETIN.md")
 
 
 def test_get_latest_bulletin_with_new_bulletin():
-    with open("CURRENT_BULLETIN.md", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    with open("data/CURRENT_BULLETIN.md", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         f.write("Old bulletin")
 
     expected_content = "New bulletin from web"
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ def test_get_latest_bulletin_with_new_bulletin():
         assert expected_content in bulletin
         assert is_new
 
-    os.remove("CURRENT_BULLETIN.md")
+    os.remove("data/CURRENT_BULLETIN.md")
 
 
 def test_get_latest_bulletin_new_bulletin_same_as_old_bulletin():
     expected_content = "Current bulletin"
-    with open("CURRENT_BULLETIN.md", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    with open("data/CURRENT_BULLETIN.md", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         f.write(expected_content)
 
     with patch("autogpt.utils.get_bulletin_from_web", return_value=expected_content):
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def test_get_latest_bulletin_new_bulletin_same_as_old_bulletin():
         assert expected_content in bulletin
         assert is_new == False
 
-    os.remove("CURRENT_BULLETIN.md")
+    os.remove("data/CURRENT_BULLETIN.md")
 
 
 @skip_in_ci