diff --git a/.ko.yaml b/.ko.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e69de29..d21d48d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+to build without the frames from bad apple :
+KO_DATA_PATH=/somenonexistantpath ko build .
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 8d660be..a5af53e 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 export KO_DOCKER_REPO=git.martyn.berlin/martyn/apples
+export KO_DATA_PATH=kodata/
+
+ko build .
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 899db75..a4c04e8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ func parseSize(c echo.Context, maxWidth int, maxHeight int) tagSize {
 
 func main() {
 	var (
-		dataDir       = flag.String("data-dir", filepath.Join(".", "kodata", "frames"), "Data directory, where the images are")
+		dataDir       = flag.String("data-dir", filepath.Join("/", "var", "run", "ko", "frames"), "Data directory, where the images are")
 		outDir        = flag.String("output-dir", filepath.Join(".", "output"), "Output directory (used as cache) for resized files - set to `%TEMP%` to disable caching and use temp dir, default is DataDir/output")
 		bwBack        = flag.Bool("black-white-back", true, "Fill background with black or white (whichever is closest) - good for eInk, if false, uses top-left pixel of image's colour")
 		listenPort    = flag.Int("listen-port", 8080, "Port to listen on")