diff --git a/docs/Bare-Metal.md b/docs/Bare-Metal.md
index 4ec4033..ccd36e4 100644
--- a/docs/Bare-Metal.md
+++ b/docs/Bare-Metal.md
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ Requirements:
 - [PNPM](https://pnpm.io/installation) 10.x
 - A finished configuration file (config.yaml)
 
+Before installing Headplane, ensure that `/var/lib/headplane` exists and is
+writable by the user that will run the Headplane service. You can create this
+directory with the following command:
+
+```sh
+sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/headplane
+# Replace headplane:headplane with the appropriate user and group if not root.
+sudo chown -R headplane:headplane /var/lib/headplane
+```
+
 Clone the Headplane repository, install dependencies, and build the project:
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/tale/headplane
diff --git a/docs/Configuration.md b/docs/Configuration.md
index 373542d..0c3770b 100644
--- a/docs/Configuration.md
+++ b/docs/Configuration.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Headplane uses a configuration file to manage its settings
 for a the file at `/etc/headplane/config.yaml`. This can be changed using the
 **`HEADPLANE_CONFIG_PATH`** environment variable to point to a different location.
 
+Headplane also stores stuff in the `/var/lib/headplane` directory by default.
+This can be configured on a per-section basis in the configuration file, but
+it is very important this directory is persistent and writable by Headplane.
+
 ## Environment Variables
 It is also possible to override the configuration file using environment variables.
 These changes get merged *after* the configuration file is loaded, so they will take precedence.
diff --git a/docs/Integrated-Mode.md b/docs/Integrated-Mode.md
index 73b761a..17d8962 100644
--- a/docs/Integrated-Mode.md
+++ b/docs/Integrated-Mode.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Here is what a sample Docker Compose deployment would look like:
 services:
   headplane:
     # I recommend you pin the version to a specific release
-    image: ghcr.io/tale/headplane:0.5.1
+    image: ghcr.io/tale/headplane:0.5.7
     container_name: headplane
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports:
@@ -44,10 +44,13 @@ services:
       # This should match headscale.config_path in your config.yaml
       - './headscale-config/config.yaml:/etc/headscale/config.yaml'
 
+      # Headplane stores its data in this directory
+      - './headplane-data:/var/lib/headplane'
+
       # If you are using the Docker integration, mount the Docker socket
       - '/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro'
   headscale:
-    image: headscale/headscale:0.25.0
+    image: headscale/headscale:0.25.1
     container_name: headscale
     restart: unless-stopped
     command: serve
@@ -148,7 +151,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: default
       containers:
       - name: headplane
-        image: ghcr.io/tale/headplane:0.5.1
+        image: ghcr.io/tale/headplane:0.5.7
         env:
         # Set these if the pod name for Headscale is not static
         # We will use the downward API to get the pod name instead
@@ -161,9 +164,11 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - name: headscale-config
           mountPath: /etc/headscale
+        - name: headplane-data
+          mountPath: /var/lib/headplane
 
       - name: headscale
-        image: headscale/headscale:0.25.0
+        image: headscale/headscale:0.25.1
         command: ['serve']
         volumeMounts:
         - name: headscale-data
@@ -175,6 +180,9 @@ spec:
         - name: headscale-data
           persistentVolumeClaim:
             claimName: headscale-data
+        - name: headplane-data
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: headplane-data
         - name: headscale-config
           persistentVolumeClaim:
             claimName: headscale-config
diff --git a/docs/Simple-Mode.md b/docs/Simple-Mode.md
index 278a2b9..8280099 100644
--- a/docs/Simple-Mode.md
+++ b/docs/Simple-Mode.md
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ Here is what a sample Docker Compose deployment would look like:
 services:
   headplane:
     # I recommend you pin the version to a specific release
-    image: ghcr.io/tale/headplane:0.5.1
+    image: ghcr.io/tale/headplane:0.5.7
     container_name: headplane
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports:
       - '3000:3000'
     volumes:
       - './config.yaml:/etc/headplane/config.yaml'
+      - './headplane-data:/var/lib/headplane'
 ```
 
 This will result in the Headplane UI being available at the `/admin` path of the