diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1fe7dae9e1..ad8ab222ce 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ volumes:
 services:
   common: &common
     image: ghcr.io/opentensor/subtensor:latest
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-      target: subtensor
+## Uncomment to build from scratch:
+#    build:
+#      context: .
+#      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+#      target: subtensor
     cpu_count: 4
     mem_limit: 40000000000
     memswap_limit: 80000000000
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ services:
       - --no-mdns
       - --bootnodes=/dns/bootnode.finney.chain.opentensor.ai/tcp/30333/ws/p2p/12D3KooWRwbMb85RWnT8DSXSYMWQtuDwh4LJzndoRrTDotTR5gDC
       - --sync=warp
+      - --database paritydb
+      - --db-cache 4096
+      - --trie-cache-size 2048
 
   mainnet-archive:
     <<: *common
@@ -70,6 +74,9 @@ services:
       - --sync=warp
       - --reserved-nodes=/dns/bootnode.test.finney.opentensor.ai/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWPM4mLcKJGtyVtkggqdG84zWrd7Rij6PGQDoijh1X86Vr
       - --reserved-only
+      - --database paritydb
+      - --db-cache 4096
+      - --trie-cache-size 2048
 
   testnet-archive:
     <<: *common