diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 52f0e46a..7872df99 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 /target
 .env
-docker/.database
 docker/.env
+docker/.database/neo4j/*
+!docker/.database/neo4j/plugins
+!docker/.database/neo4j/conf
+docker/.database/redis
 **/.DS_Store
 /static
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/.database/neo4j/conf/neo4j.conf b/docker/.database/neo4j/conf/neo4j.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f10bb53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/.database/neo4j/conf/neo4j.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+db.transaction.timeout=1s
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/.database/neo4j/plugins/apoc.jar b/docker/.database/neo4j/plugins/apoc.jar
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a85b2ac6
Binary files /dev/null and b/docker/.database/neo4j/plugins/apoc.jar differ
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 8a69d9bb..f128534d 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ services:
       - .database/neo4j/data:/data
       - .database/neo4j/logs:/logs
       - ./db-graph:/db-graph
+      # Mount plugins directory for APOC
+      - .database/neo4j/plugins:/plugins
     environment:
       NEO4J_initial_dbms_default__database: ${NEO4J_DB_NAME}
       # IMPORTANT: If you change the auth params and you have already created the config files, will not take effect
@@ -25,6 +27,10 @@ services:
       NEO4J_server_memory_heap_initial__size: 2G
       NEO4J_server_memory_heap_max__size: 2G
       # NEO4J_apoc_uuid_enabled: false
+      # Enable APOC
+      # NEO4JLABS_PLUGINS: '["apoc"]'
+      # NEO4J_dbms_security_procedures_unrestricted: 'apoc.*'
+      # NEO4J_dbms_security_procedures_allowlist: 'apoc.*'
 
 
   redis: