diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 82f2c53..23c115a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH" \
 # ── Application code ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 COPY . .
 
-RUN mkdir -p data
+RUN mkdir -p data logs
 
 # Non-root user for safety
 RUN useradd -m -u 1001 seed && chown -R seed:seed /app
diff --git a/admin/main.py b/admin/main.py
index 2406570..3560eb7 100644
--- a/admin/main.py
+++ b/admin/main.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ _rq_worker: subprocess.Popen[bytes] | None = None
 def on_startup() -> None:
     global _rq_worker
     init_db()
+    if os.environ.get("SKIP_INTERNAL_WORKER", "").lower() in ("1", "true", "yes"):
+        return
     redis_url = os.environ.get("REDIS_URL", "redis://localhost:6379/0")
     _rq_worker = subprocess.Popen(
         [sys.executable, "-m", "rq", "worker", "--url", redis_url, "batch"],
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3bc3023..d9cdc20 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 services:
 
-  # ── Admin panel (FastAPI) ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  # ── Redis (state + job queue) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  redis:
+    image: redis:7-alpine
+    container_name: seed-redis
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - redis-data:/data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 3s
+      retries: 5
+
+  # ── Admin panel (FastAPI) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   admin:
     build: .
     image: seed:latest
@@ -12,12 +25,18 @@ services:
     env_file:
       - .env
     environment:
-      # Override host so FastAPI binds on all interfaces inside the container
       ADMIN_HOST: "0.0.0.0"
       DB_PATH: /app/data/tracker.db
+      LOG_FILE: /app/logs/seed.log
+      REDIS_URL: "redis://redis:6379/0"
+      SKIP_INTERNAL_WORKER: "true"
       HEADLESS: "true"
     volumes:
       - seed-data:/app/data
+      - seed-logs:/app/logs
+    depends_on:
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8000/"]
       interval: 30s
@@ -25,32 +44,38 @@ services:
       retries: 3
       start_period: 10s
 
-  # ── Crawler (one-shot, started manually or via make docker-otp / docker-fresh)
-  crawler:
+  # ── RQ worker (Chrome crawler, runs batch jobs) ───────────────────────────────
+  worker:
     build: .
     image: seed:latest
-    container_name: seed-crawler
-    # No restart — run on demand
-    restart: "no"
-    profiles:
-      - crawler          # docker compose --profile crawler run crawler python main.py otp
+    container_name: seed-worker
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: python -m rq worker --url redis://redis:6379/0 batch
     env_file:
       - .env
     environment:
       DB_PATH: /app/data/tracker.db
+      LOG_FILE: /app/logs/seed.log
+      REDIS_URL: "redis://redis:6379/0"
       HEADLESS: "true"
       CHROME_BINARY: /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable
     volumes:
       - seed-data:/app/data
-    # Chrome needs /dev/shm enlarged to avoid OOM crashes
+      - seed-logs:/app/logs
+    depends_on:
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    # Chrome needs extra shared memory to avoid OOM crashes
     shm_size: "256mb"
-    # Required capabilities for Chrome sandbox inside Docker
     cap_add:
       - SYS_ADMIN
     security_opt:
       - seccomp:unconfined
 
 volumes:
-  # Named volume — SQLite file persists across container restarts and rebuilds
   seed-data:
     driver: local
+  seed-logs:
+    driver: local
+  redis-data:
+    driver: local