diff --git a/adapter/http/fastapi/app.py b/adapter/http/fastapi/app.py
index e9ba18f..04aa75f 100644
--- a/adapter/http/fastapi/app.py
+++ b/adapter/http/fastapi/app.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
 
+from docker.errors import NotFound
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.fastapi import FastAPIInstrumentor
 
@@ -47,6 +48,19 @@ def create_app(config: AppConfig | None = None) -> FastAPI:
         raise
 
 
+def _ensure_sandbox_network(container: AppContainer) -> None:
+    client = container._docker_client
+    network_name = container.config.sandbox.network_name
+    try:
+        client.networks.get(network_name)
+    except NotFound:
+        client.networks.create(network_name)
+        container.observability.logger.info(
+            'sandbox_network_created',
+            attrs={'network': network_name},
+        )
+
+
 def _build_startup_handler(
     app: FastAPI,
     container: AppContainer,
@@ -56,6 +70,7 @@ def _build_startup_handler(
         if task is not None and not task.done():
             return
 
+        await asyncio.to_thread(_ensure_sandbox_network, container)
         await asyncio.to_thread(container.sandbox_reconciler.execute)
 
         stop_event = asyncio.Event()
diff --git a/config/docker-compose.yml b/config/docker-compose.yml
index c55b3b2..d9f6d1b 100644
--- a/config/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/config/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ http:
   port: 8123
 
 logging:
-  level: INFO
-  output: otel
-  format: json
+  level: DEBUG
+  output: stdout
+  format: text
 
 metrics:
   enabled: true
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ otel:
   metric_export_interval: 1000
 
 docker:
-  base_url: unix:///var/run/docker.sock
+  base_url: tcp://docker-engine:2375
 
 sandbox:
   image: nginx:1.27-alpine
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ sandbox:
   agent_service_port: 8000
   ttl_seconds: 300
   cleanup_interval_seconds: 60
-  chats_root: /tmp/master-sandbox/chats
-  dependencies_host_path: /tmp/master-sandbox/dependencies
-  lambda_tools_host_path: /tmp/master-sandbox/lambda-tools
+  chats_root: /var/lib/master-sandbox/chats
+  dependencies_host_path: /var/lib/master-dependencies
+  lambda_tools_host_path: /var/lib/master-lambda-tools
   chat_mount_path: /workspace/chat
   dependencies_mount_path: /opt/dependencies
   lambda_tools_mount_path: /opt/lambda-tools
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c211818..24d5bab 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ services:
       target: run
     user: root
     depends_on:
+      docker-engine:
+        condition: service_healthy
       otel-collector:
         condition: service_started
     environment:
@@ -15,7 +17,30 @@ services:
       - '127.0.0.1:8123:8123'
     volumes:
       - ./config/docker-compose.yml:/app/config/app.yaml:ro
-      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+      - sandbox-data:/var/lib/master-sandbox
+      - sandbox-dependencies:/var/lib/master-dependencies:ro
+      - sandbox-tools:/var/lib/master-lambda-tools:ro
+
+  docker-engine:
+    image: docker:28-dind
+    privileged: true
+    environment:
+      DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ''
+    command:
+      - --host=tcp://0.0.0.0:2375
+    healthcheck:
+      test:
+        - CMD
+        - docker
+        - info
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 12
+    volumes:
+      - docker-data:/var/lib/docker
+      - sandbox-data:/var/lib/master-sandbox
+      - sandbox-dependencies:/var/lib/master-dependencies
+      - sandbox-tools:/var/lib/master-lambda-tools
 
   otel-collector:
     image: grafana/otel-lgtm:latest
@@ -25,4 +50,8 @@ services:
       - lgtm-data:/data
 
 volumes:
+  docker-data:
   lgtm-data:
+  sandbox-data:
+  sandbox-dependencies:
+  sandbox-tools:
diff --git a/test/test_create_http.py b/test/test_create_http.py
index 09faecf..c812dd1 100644
--- a/test/test_create_http.py
+++ b/test/test_create_http.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import json
 from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
+from typing import Any
 from uuid import UUID
 
 import pytest
@@ -109,10 +110,22 @@ class FakeDockerClient(DockerClient):
         self.base_url = base_url
         self.close_calls = 0
 
+    @property  # type: ignore[override]
+    def networks(self) -> Any:
+        return _FakeNetworks()
+
     def close(self) -> None:
         self.close_calls += 1
 
 
+class _FakeNetworks:
+    def get(self, name: str) -> None:
+        return None
+
+    def create(self, name: str) -> None:
+        return None
+
+
 class EmptySandboxState:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.calls = 0