diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 588d8fa09..1f6db8d51 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -74,16 +74,14 @@ COPY --chown=root:www-data --chmod=770 --from=composerbuild /build .
 COPY --chown=root:www-data --chmod=770 --from=yarnbuild /build/public ./public
 
 # Create and remove directories
-RUN mkdir -p /pelican-data/storage /pelican-data/plugins /var/run/supervisord \
-    && rm -rf /var/www/html/plugins \
-# Symlinks for env, database, storage, and plugins
+RUN mkdir -p /pelican-data/storage /var/run/supervisord \
+# Symlinks for env, database, storage
     && ln -s  /pelican-data/.env /var/www/html/.env \
     && ln -s  /pelican-data/database/database.sqlite ./database/database.sqlite \
     && ln -s  /pelican-data/storage /var/www/html/public/storage \
     && ln -s  /pelican-data/storage /var/www/html/storage/app/public \
-    && ln -s  /pelican-data/plugins /var/www/html \
 # Allow www-data write permissions where necessary
-    && chown -R www-data: /pelican-data .env ./storage ./plugins ./bootstrap/cache /var/run/supervisord /var/www/html/public/storage \
+    && chown -R www-data: /pelican-data .env ./storage ./bootstrap/cache /var/run/supervisord /var/www/html/public/storage \
     && chmod -R 770 /pelican-data ./storage ./bootstrap/cache /var/run/supervisord \
     && chown -R www-data: /usr/local/etc/php/ /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d/ /var/www/html/composer.json /var/www/html/composer.lock
 # Configure Supervisor
diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev b/Dockerfile.dev
index b190151d7..2717d9b14 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -79,16 +79,14 @@ COPY --chown=root:www-data --chmod=770 --from=composerbuild /build .
 COPY --chown=root:www-data --chmod=770 --from=yarnbuild /build/public ./public
 
 # Create and remove directories
-RUN mkdir -p /pelican-data/storage /pelican-data/plugins /var/run/supervisord \
-    && rm -rf /var/www/html/plugins \
-# Symlinks for env, database, storage, and plugins
+RUN mkdir -p /pelican-data/storage /var/run/supervisord \
+# Symlinks for env, database, storage
     && ln -s  /pelican-data/.env /var/www/html/.env \
     && ln -s  /pelican-data/database/database.sqlite ./database/database.sqlite \
     && ln -s  /pelican-data/storage /var/www/html/public/storage \
     && ln -s  /pelican-data/storage /var/www/html/storage/app/public \
-    && ln -s  /pelican-data/plugins /var/www/html \
 # Allow www-data write permissions where necessary
-    && chown -R www-data: /pelican-data .env ./storage ./plugins ./bootstrap/cache /var/run/supervisord /var/www/html/public/storage \
+    && chown -R www-data: /pelican-data .env ./storage ./bootstrap/cache /var/run/supervisord /var/www/html/public/storage \
     && chmod -R 770 /pelican-data ./storage ./bootstrap/cache /var/run/supervisord \
     && chown -R www-data: /usr/local/etc/php/ /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d/ /var/www/html/composer.json /var/www/html/composer.lock
 
diff --git a/compose-bind.yml b/compose-bind.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21b810b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose-bind.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+x-common:
+  panel:
+    &panel-environment
+    APP_URL: "http://localhost"
+    LE_EMAIL: "USEYOUROWNEMAILHERE@example.com" # email to be used for let's encrypt certificates
+    APP_DEBUG: "false"
+    APP_ENV: "production"
+
+    # BEHIND_PROXY: true # uncomment to run behind a proxy
+    # TRUSTED_PROXIES: 127.0.0.1,172.17.0.1,172.20.0.1 # defaults are for local proxies
+
+  mail:
+    &mail-environment
+    MAIL_DRIVER: "log"
+    # MAIL_HOST: ""
+    # MAIL_PORT: ""
+    # MAIL_FROM: ""
+    # MAIL_USERNAME: ""
+    # MAIL_PASSWORD: ""
+    # MAIL_SCHEME: ""
+
+#
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# DANGER ZONE BELOW
+#
+# The remainder of this file likely does not need to be changed. Please only make modifications
+# below if you understand what you are doing.
+#
+
+services:
+  panel:
+    user: "0:0"
+    image: ghcr.io/pelican-dev/panel:latest
+    build: .
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    networks:
+      - default
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+      - "443:443"
+      # - "81:80" # if you are behind a proxy uncomment this line and comment out 80 and 443
+      # - "9000:9000" # enable when not using caddy to be able to reach php-fpm
+    extra_hosts:
+      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway" # shows the panel on the internal docker network as well. usually '172.17.0.1'
+    volumes:
+      - /opt/pelican/data:/pelican-data
+      - /opt/pelican/logs:/var/www/html/storage/logs
+      - /opt/pelican/plugins:/var/www/html/plugins
+    environment:
+      <<: [*panel-environment, *mail-environment]
+      XDG_DATA_HOME: /pelican-data
+      # SKIP_CADDY: true # enable when not using caddy.
diff --git a/compose-full-stack.yml b/compose-full-stack.yml
index 304f3a93c..9d65856a5 100644
--- a/compose-full-stack.yml
+++ b/compose-full-stack.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - pelican-data:/pelican-data
       - pelican-logs:/var/www/html/storage/logs
+      - type: volume
+        source: pelican-data
+        target: /var/www/html/plugins
+        volume:
+          subpath: plugins
     environment:
       <<: [*panel-environment, *mail-environment]
       XDG_DATA_HOME: /pelican-data
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index 86d16c0ef..b04f6e52c 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - pelican-data:/pelican-data
       - pelican-logs:/var/www/html/storage/logs
+      - type: volume
+        source: pelican-data
+        target: /var/www/html/plugins
+        volume:
+          subpath: plugins
+
     environment:
       <<: [*panel-environment, *mail-environment]
       XDG_DATA_HOME: /pelican-data
diff --git a/docker/crontab b/docker/crontab
index f67a6bf17..e853ba766 100644
--- a/docker/crontab
+++ b/docker/crontab
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 * * * * * php /var/www/html/artisan schedule:run
+0 0 * * * php /var/www/html/artisan p:egg:check-updates 
\ No newline at end of file