diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a6b304c9..702790af 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 /logs
 /data
 .env
-/.project
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+/.project
+.docker-sync
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 29b0109a..17cdde94 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ services:
     applications:
       image: tianon/true
       volumes:
-        - ${APPLICATION}:/var/www
+        #- ${APPLICATION}:/var/www
+        - applications-sync:/var/www:nocopy # nocopy is required
+
 
 ### Workspace Utilities Container ###########################
 
@@ -668,3 +670,6 @@ volumes:
     driver: "local"
   elasticsearch-plugins:
     driver: "local"
+  applications-sync:
+    external:
+      name: "applications-sync"
diff --git a/docker-sync.yml b/docker-sync.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c68352aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-sync.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+version: "2"
+
+options:
+  verbose: true
+syncs:
+  applications-host-sync: # name of the sync volume
+    src: '${APPLICATION}' # host source directory
+    # sync_strategy: 'native_osx' # native_osx is the default
+    # sync_excludes: ['ignored_folder', '.ignored_dot_folder'] # ignored folders form sync
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