diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index cc9732e..22f890f 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ authentik_volume_db: "{{ authentik_volume_base }}/db"
 authentik_volume_redis: "{{ authentik_volume_base }}/redis"
 
 # geoip credentials
+authentik_geoip_container: true
 geoip_account_id:
 geoip_license_key: 
 geoip_update_edition_ids: "GeoLite2-City GeoLite2-Country"
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index b1dd8fc..ff8b0f3 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     - "{{ authentik_volume_certs }}"
     - "{{ authentik_volume_geoip }}"
     - "{{ authentik_volume_templates }}"
-    - "{{ authentik_volume_db }}"
     - "{{ authentik_volume_config }}"
     - "{{ authentik_volume_redis }}"
     - "~/authentik"
@@ -19,6 +18,18 @@
     - configuration
   become: false
 
+- name: Set up the database directory.
+  file:
+    state: directory
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    mode: 0755
+    owner: 70
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ authentik_volume_db }}"
+  tags:
+    - configuration
+  become: false
+
 - name: Copy Authentik docker-compose template.
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
diff --git a/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
index 2e2d31f..e91ac2b 100644
--- a/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ services:
       - {{ authentik_volume_geoip }}:/geoip
     env_file:
       - {{ authentik_volume_config }}/env.authentik.conf
+{% if authentik_geoip_container %}
   geoipupdate:
     image: "maxmindinc/geoipupdate:latest"
     volumes:
       - "{{ authentik_volume_geoip }}:/usr/share/GeoIP"
     env_file:
       - {{ authentik_volume_config }}/env.authentik.conf
+{% endif %}
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