diff --git a/modules/ptero.nix b/modules/ptero.nix
index 84d7653..c8486b5 100644
--- a/modules/ptero.nix
+++ b/modules/ptero.nix
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ in {
     serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot";
     script =''
 mkdir -p ${DATA_DIR}/database
+mkdir -p ${DATA_DIR}/cache
 mkdir -p ${DATA_DIR}/panel
 chown ${panel_user}:${panel_user} -R ${DATA_DIR}
 chmod +777 -R ${DATA_DIR}
 '';
   };
 
-  virtualisation.oci-containers.backend = "docker"; # maybe podman in the future
+  virtualisation.oci-containers.backend = "podman";
 
   systemd.services.init-ptero-local-network = {
     description = "Create the network bridge ${local_bridge} for ptero.";
@@ -37,15 +38,13 @@ chmod +777 -R ${DATA_DIR}
     wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
   
     serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot";
-    script = let dockercli = "${config.virtualisation.docker.package}/bin/docker";
+    script = let podmancli = "${config.virtualisation.podman.package}/bin/podman";
            in ''
-             # Put a true at the end to prevent getting non-zero return code, which will
-             # crash the whole service.
-             check=$(${dockercli} network ls | grep "${local_bridge}" || true)
+             check=$(${podmancli} pod ls | grep "ptero" || true)
              if [ -z "$check" ]; then
-               ${dockercli} network create --internal ${local_bridge}
+               ${podmancli} pod create -p "${ptero_port}:80" ptero
              else
-               echo "${local_bridge} already exists in docker"
+               echo "ptero pod already exists"
              fi
            '';
   };
@@ -54,32 +53,32 @@ chmod +777 -R ${DATA_DIR}
   virtualisation.oci-containers.containers."ptero-mysql" = {
     image = "library/mysql:8.0";
     workdir = "${DATA_DIR}/database";
-    extraOptions = [ "--network=${local_bridge}" ];
+    extraOptions = [ "--pod=ptero" ];
     environment = {
       "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" = "JMK1VmZDwoVAUhvClQ7DncOEw5B1XcKXwqERw45Cw4/CoMKKwqHCocKXwqZrwr9b";
       "MYSQL_USER" = "pterodactyl";
       "MYSQL_PASSWORD" = "JMK1VmZDwoVAUhvClQ7DncOEw5B1XcKXwqERw45Cw4/CoMKKwqHCocKXwqZrwr9b";
       "MYSQL_DATABASE" = "panel";
     };
-    volumes = ["${DATA_DIR}/database:/var/lib/mysql"];
+    volumes = ["${DATA_DIR}/database:/var/lib/mysql" "${DATA_DIR}/database:${DATA_DIR}/database"];
     cmd=["--default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password"];
   };
 
   virtualisation.oci-containers.containers."ptero-cache" = {
     image = "redis:alpine";
     workdir = "${DATA_DIR}/cache";
-    extraOptions = [ "--network=${local_bridge}" ];
+    volumes = ["${DATA_DIR}/cache:${DATA_DIR}/cache"];
+    extraOptions = [ "--pod=ptero" ];
   };
 
   virtualisation.oci-containers.containers."ptero-panel" = {
     image = "ghcr.io/pterodactyl/panel:v${ptero_ver}";
-#    workdir = "${DATA_DIR}/panel";
     volumes = [
       "${DATA_DIR}/panel/var/:/app/var/"
       "${DATA_DIR}/panel/logs/:/app/storage/logs"
       "${DATA_DIR}/panel/nginx/:/etc/nginx/conf.d/"
     ];
-    extraOptions = [ "--network=${local_bridge}"];
+    extraOptions = [ "--pod=ptero" ];
     environment = {
       "APP_URL" = "https://${ptero_host}";
       "APP_TIMEZONE" =  "Europe/Berlin";
@@ -99,24 +98,13 @@ chmod +777 -R ${DATA_DIR}
       "CACHE_DRIVER" = "redis";
       "SESSION_DRIVER" = "redis";
       "QUEUE_DRIVER" = "redis";
-      "REDIS_HOST" = "ptero-cache";
-      "DB_HOST" = "ptero-mysql";
+      "REDIS_HOST" = "127.0.0.1";
+      "DB_HOST" = "127.0.0.1";
       "TRUSTED_PROXIES" = "*";
     };
     labels = {
       "traefik.http.routers.pterodactyl_panel.entrypoints"="web";
-#      "traefik.http.routers.pterodactyl_panel.rule"="Host(`${ptero_host}`)";
-#      "traefik.http.routers.pterodactyl_panel.middlewares"="panel_https";
-#      "traefik.http.middlewares.panel_https.redirectscheme.scheme"="https";
-#      "traefik.http.routers.pterodactyl_panel-https.entrypoints"="websecure";
-#      "traefik.http.routers.pterodactyl_panel-https.rule"="Host(`${ptero_host}`)";
-#      "traefik.http.routers.pterodactyl_panel-https.tls"="true";
-#      "traefik.http.routers.pterodactyl_panel-https.tls.certresolver"="letsencrypt";
-#      "traefik.http.services.pterodactyl_panel-https.loadbalancer.server.port"="80";
     };
-    ports = [
-      "${ptero_port}:80"
-    ];
   };
 
   security.acme.certs."${root_host}".extraDomainNames = [ ptero_host ];