diff --git a/consul-monitor/Dockerfile b/consul-monitor/Dockerfile
index 0c5adcb..ce05788 100644
--- a/consul-monitor/Dockerfile
+++ b/consul-monitor/Dockerfile
@@ -6,13 +6,25 @@ WORKDIR /app
 COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
+# Install SQLite for debugging
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y sqlite3
+
 # Copy application
 COPY . .
 
-# Create non-root user
-RUN useradd -m appuser && chown -R appuser:appuser /app
+# Create non-root user and ensure data directory exists
+RUN mkdir -p /data && \
+    useradd -m appuser && \
+    chown -R appuser:appuser /app /data
+
 USER appuser
 
+# Set working directory to application code
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Create data directory for database
+RUN mkdir -p /data && chown appuser:appuser /data
+
 # Expose port
 EXPOSE 5000
 
diff --git a/consul-monitor/app.py b/consul-monitor/app.py
index 0452c00..d16cce6 100644
--- a/consul-monitor/app.py
+++ b/consul-monitor/app.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ def get_db():
     """Get a thread-local database connection"""
     if 'db_conn' not in g:
         g.db_conn = database.init_database()
-        database.create_tables(g.db_conn)
     return g.db_conn
 
 @app.teardown_appcontext
@@ -222,6 +221,30 @@ def aggregate_health_data(raw_history, granularity_minutes):
     
     return chart_data
 
+@app.route('/api/debug/db')
+def debug_db():
+    """Debug endpoint to inspect database contents"""
+    db_conn = get_db()
+    cursor = db_conn.cursor()
+    
+    # Get services
+    cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM services")
+    services = cursor.fetchall()
+    services = [dict(id=row[0], name=row[1], address=row[2], port=row[3], 
+                    tags=json.loads(row[4]), meta=json.loads(row[5]),
+                    first_seen=row[6], last_seen=row[7]) for row in services]
+    
+    # Get health checks
+    cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM health_checks")
+    health_checks = cursor.fetchall()
+    health_checks = [dict(id=row[0], service_id=row[1], check_name=row[2],
+                         status=row[3], timestamp=row[4]) for row in health_checks]
+    
+    return jsonify({
+        'services': services,
+        'health_checks': health_checks
+    })
+
 @app.route('/health')
 def health_check():
     """Health check endpoint"""
diff --git a/consul-monitor/background_poller.py b/consul-monitor/background_poller.py
index f5802dd..879cbb8 100644
--- a/consul-monitor/background_poller.py
+++ b/consul-monitor/background_poller.py
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ class ConsulPoller:
             if not service_data:
                 logger.warning("No service data received from Consul")
                 return
+                
+            # Detailed logging of service data
+            logger.info(f"Received {len(service_data)} services from Consul")
+            for service_id, data in list(service_data.items())[:5]:  # Log first 5 services
+                logger.info(f"Service: {service_id}, Name: {data['name']}, Checks: {len(data['health_checks'])}")
             
             # Get database connection
             conn = self.get_db_conn()
diff --git a/consul-monitor/database.py b/consul-monitor/database.py
index d4c8142..78200d4 100644
--- a/consul-monitor/database.py
+++ b/consul-monitor/database.py
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ def create_tables(conn):
     conn.commit()
 
 def init_database():
-    """Initialize database and return connection"""
-    return sqlite3.connect('file:consul-monitor.db?mode=memory&cache=shared', uri=True)
+    """Initialize database, create tables, and return connection"""
+    conn = sqlite3.connect('/data/consul-monitor.db')
+    create_tables(conn)
+    return conn
 
 def upsert_service(conn, service_data):
     cursor = conn.cursor()