diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f77f19b..d599921 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,18 @@ services:
       SERVER_FORWARD_HEADERS_STRATEGY: native
 
     volumes:
-      # Persist uploaded images and files
-      # NOTE: production profile (application.yml) sets file.upload.directory to
-      # /var/uploads/blog-images — this mount MUST match that path or uploads
-      # silently write to the container's ephemeral layer and vanish on redeploy.
+      # Persist uploaded images and files.
+      # This same named volume is mounted at TWO paths on purpose:
+      #  - /app/uploads: hardcoded in FileConstant.java for hero/professor/
+      #    user avatar images (does NOT read file.upload.directory).
+      #  - /var/uploads/blog-images: read from file.upload.directory
+      #    (application.yml production profile) for blog post images.
+      # The volume already contains hero/ and user/ subfolders plus the
+      # blog post images at its root from before this was mounted twice —
+      # mounting both paths makes all of it visible again with no data
+      # migration needed. Do not change either path without updating the
+      # other or the corresponding app config.
+      - blog-uploads:/app/uploads
       - blog-uploads:/var/uploads/blog-images
     networks:
       - angular-spring