patching voting system

docker-compose.yml

@@ -5,8 +5,14 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     env_file:
       - .env
+    environment:
+      # Set LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG for verbose troubleshooting output
+      - LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-INFO}
     volumes:
-      - ./data:/app/data
+      # Named volume avoids host bind-mount ownership problems with the
+      # non-root botuser (UID 1000). Data persists in the 'excommunicado-data'
+      # Docker volume. To inspect it: docker run --rm -v excommunicado-data:/d alpine ls -la /d
+      - excommunicado-data:/app/data
     logging:
       driver: "json-file"
       options:
@@ -18,3 +24,6 @@ services:
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 3
       start_period: 10s
+
+volumes:
+  excommunicado-data: