diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2b77d9c..dad197c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
             && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-COPY --chmod=666 repmgr.conf /etc/repmgr.conf
+RUN install --verbose --directory --owner postgres --group postgres --mode 1777 /etc/repmgr
+VOLUME /etc/repmgr
+
 COPY --chmod=644 --chown=postgres profile /var/lib/postgresql/.profile
 # COPY --chmod=755 postgres.sh /usr/local/bin/postgres
 COPY docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/* /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
-
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/00-main.sh b/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/00-main.sh
index 8b3b68b..9748efa 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/00-main.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/00-main.sh
@@ -27,10 +27,18 @@ create_hba() {
   echo "host  all          all     all                                scram-sha-256"  >> /var/lib/postgresql/data/pg_hba.conf
 }
 
-echo "node_id               = ${REPMGR_NODE_ID}"                                                       >> /etc/repmgr.conf
-echo "node_name             = ${REPMGR_NODE_NAME}"                                                     >> /etc/repmgr.conf
-echo "conninfo              = 'host=${REPMGR_NODE_NAME} dbname=repmgr user=repmgr connect_timeout=2'"  >> /etc/repmgr.conf
-echo "location              = '${REPMGR_NODE_LOCATION}'"                                               >> /etc/repmgr.conf
+echo "node_id                      = ${REPMGR_NODE_ID}"                                                                          > /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf
+echo "node_name                    = ${REPMGR_NODE_NAME}"                                                                       >> /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf
+echo "conninfo                     = 'host=${REPMGR_NODE_NAME} dbname=repmgr user=repmgr connect_timeout=2'"                    >> /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf
+echo "location                     = '${REPMGR_NODE_LOCATION}'"                                                                 >> /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf
+echo "data_directory               = '/var/lib/postgresql/data'"                                                                >> /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf
+echo "use_replication_slots        = on"                                                                                        >> /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf
+echo "pg_bindir                    = '/usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/'"                                                             >> /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf
+echo "failover                     = automatic"                                                                                 >> /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf
+echo "promote_command              = '/usr/bin/repmgr standby promote -f /etc/repmgr.conf --log-to-file'"                       >> /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf
+echo "follow_command               = '/usr/bin/repmgr standby follow -f /etc/repmgr.conf --log-to-file --upstream-node-id=%n'"  >> /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf
+echo "primary_visibility_consensus = on"                                                                                        >> /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf
+
 
 if [[ -n $REPMGR_UPSTREAM ]] && [[ -z $REPMGR_NODE_ROLE ]]; then
   REPMGR_NODE_ROLE="standby"
@@ -40,22 +48,22 @@ case "$REPMGR_NODE_ROLE" in
   standby )
     docker_temp_server_stop
     rm -rf /var/lib/postgresql/data/*
-    until /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/repmgr -h $REPMGR_UPSTREAM -U repmgr -f /etc/repmgr.conf standby clone --dry-run &> /dev/null
+    until /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/repmgr -h $REPMGR_UPSTREAM -U repmgr -f /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf standby clone --dry-run &> /dev/null
     do
       echo "Upstream host not ready. Waiting for 5 minutes..."
       sleep 300
     done
     echo "Upstream host found..."
-    /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/repmgr -h $REPMGR_UPSTREAM -U repmgr -f /etc/repmgr.conf standby clone
+    /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/repmgr -h $REPMGR_UPSTREAM -U repmgr -f /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf standby clone
     server_start
-    /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/repmgr -f /etc/repmgr.conf standby register
+    /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/repmgr -f /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf standby register
     ;;
   witness )
     create_repmgr
     docker_temp_server_stop
     create_hba
     server_start
-    until /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/repmgr -h $REPMGR_UPSTREAM -f /etc/repmgr.conf witness register &> /dev/null
+    until /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/repmgr -h $REPMGR_UPSTREAM -f /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf witness register &> /dev/null
     do
       echo "Primary host not ready. Waiting for 5 minutes..."
       sleep 300
@@ -75,6 +83,6 @@ case "$REPMGR_NODE_ROLE" in
     fi
     create_hba
   	server_start
-    /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/repmgr -f /etc/repmgr.conf primary register
+    /usr/lib/postgresql/15/bin/repmgr -f /etc/repmgr/repmgr.conf primary register
     ;;
 esac