diff --git a/fantom.yml b/fantom.yml
index f83ad87d..8771cdee 100644
--- a/fantom.yml
+++ b/fantom.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ services:
       - IP=${IP}
     volumes:
       - "fantom:/datadir"
+      - "./fantom/config:/config"
     expose:
       - "18544"
       - "19921"
diff --git a/fantom/config/keep-directory b/fantom/config/keep-directory
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/fantom/scripts/entrypoint-fullnode.sh b/fantom/scripts/entrypoint-fullnode.sh
index 63612b22..12165613 100644
--- a/fantom/scripts/entrypoint-fullnode.sh
+++ b/fantom/scripts/entrypoint-fullnode.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ opera \
     --http.corsdomain="*" \
     --http.vhosts="*" \
     --nat extip:${IP} \
+    --nodekey=/config/nodekey \
     --ws \
     --ws.addr=0.0.0.0 \
     --ws.port=18544 \