diff --git a/docker/deploy/docker-compose.yml b/docker/deploy/docker-compose.yml
index 0a79729b2..da7f98246 100644
--- a/docker/deploy/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/deploy/docker-compose.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,25 @@ services:
       - meteroid_net
     logging: *logging
 
+  # Ensure clickhouse_coordination folders are setup with the correct user permissions
+  # clickhouse-server seems to use uid:gid -> 101:101, and default volume permissions are based on root
+  clickhouse-volume-init:
+    image: alpine:3.21
+    user: root
+    command:
+      - sh
+      - -c
+      - mkdir -p /coordination/log /coordination/snapshots && chown -R 101:101
+        /coordination
+    volumes:
+      - clickhouse_coordination:/coordination
+    restart: "no"
+    logging: *logging
+
   clickhouse:
+    depends_on:                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
+    clickhouse-volume-init:                                                                                                                                                                                                          
+      condition: service_completed_successfully                                                                                                                                                                                      
     image: clickhouse/clickhouse-server:25.6.2-alpine
     ports:
       - 8123:8123
@@ -223,6 +241,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       - INTERNAL_API_SECRET=${INTERNAL_API_SECRET}
       - METERING_API_LISTEN_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0:50062
+      - METEROID_API_EXTERNAL_URL=http://meteroid-api:50061
       - KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS=redpanda:29092
       - KAFKA_RAW_TOPIC=${KAFKA_RAW_TOPIC:-meteroid-events-raw}
       - CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE=${CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE:-meteroid}
diff --git a/docker/deploy/volume/clickhouse/config.xml b/docker/deploy/volume/clickhouse/config.xml
index 007f39324..287617a9f 100644
--- a/docker/deploy/volume/clickhouse/config.xml
+++ b/docker/deploy/volume/clickhouse/config.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 <clickhouse>
+  <!-- Ensure clickhouse logs errors to stdout, instad of to an error file. Error files in exited containers are difficult to debug -->
+  <!-- Uncomment to enable logging to stdout for debugging -->
+  <!-- logger>
+      <log>/dev/null</log>
+      <errorlog>/dev/null</errorlog>
+      <console>1</console>
+  </logger -->
   <!-- Embedded Keeper (single node, no separate ZooKeeper needed) -->
   <keeper_server>
     <tcp_port>9181</tcp_port>