diff --git a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all.yml
index bd391c2..515a1b5 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ nfs_shares:
     path: /mnt/data/overleaf/data
   - name: overleaf_redis
     path: /mnt/data/overleaf/redis
+  - name: overleaf_mongodb
+    path: /mnt/data/overleaf/mongodb
 
 database_passwords:
   nextcloud: !vault |
diff --git a/ansible/roles/overleaf/docker-stack.yml.j2 b/ansible/roles/overleaf/docker-stack.yml.j2
index 95591ed..5c446b1 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/overleaf/docker-stack.yml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/overleaf/docker-stack.yml.j2
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ volumes:
       type: "nfs"
       o: "addr=192.168.30.10,nolock,soft,rw"
       device: ":/mnt/data/overleaf/redis"
+  mongodb:
+    driver_opts:
+      type: "nfs"
+      o: "addr=192.168.30.10,nolock,soft,rw"
+      device: ":/mnt/data/overleaf/mongodb"
 
 services:
   sharelatex:
@@ -85,9 +90,11 @@ services:
     expose:
       - 27017
     volumes:
-      - type: bind
-        source: /mnt/data/overleaf/mongo_data
+      - type: volume
+        source: mongodb
         target: /data/db
+        volume:
+          nocopy: true
     healthcheck:
       test: echo 'db.stats().ok' | mongo localhost:27017/test --quiet
       interval: 10s