diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b9549367..8a01c9ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           file_pattern: use/
 
   build_db:
-    if: ${{ false }}
+    # if: ${{ false }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         target: ['localdev', 'staging' ]
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       env: ${{ matrix.target }}
 
   build_server:
-    if: ${{ false }}
+    # if: ${{ false }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         target: [ 'localdev', 'staging' ]
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       GH_DODEKACOMCOM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_DODEKACOMCOM_TOKEN }}
 
   build_kv:
-    if: ${{ false }}
+    # if: ${{ false }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         target: [ 'localdev', 'staging' ]
diff --git a/build/container/kv/Dockerfile b/build/container/kv/confspawn_Dockerfile
similarity index 51%
rename from build/container/kv/Dockerfile
rename to build/container/kv/confspawn_Dockerfile
index ad9bc662..29a8b91d 100644
--- a/build/container/kv/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/container/kv/confspawn_Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Base redis
 FROM redis:7.2-bookworm
-ADD redis_base.conf /usr/local/etc/redis/redis.conf
+ADD redis_base.conf {{ kv.redis_conf_dir }}
 # loadmodule in conf is done on startup
 COPY librejson.so /rejson/librejson.so
-CMD [ "redis-server", "/usr/local/etc/redis/redis.conf" ]
\ No newline at end of file
+CMD [ "redis-server", "{{ kv.redis_conf_dir }}" ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/container/kv/confspawn_redis_base.conf b/build/container/kv/confspawn_redis.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from build/container/kv/confspawn_redis_base.conf
rename to build/container/kv/confspawn_redis.conf
diff --git a/build/deploy/compose/confspawn_docker-compose.yml b/build/deploy/compose/confspawn_docker-compose.yml
index 154489d4..7e288ff7 100644
--- a/build/deploy/compose/confspawn_docker-compose.yml
+++ b/build/deploy/compose/confspawn_docker-compose.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ services:
     image: "${KV_IMAGE}:${KV_VERSION}"
     ports:
       - "${KV_HOST_HOST}:${KV_HOST_PORT}:{{ kv.container_port }}"
-    command: /bin/sh -c "redis-server --requirepass ${REDIS_PASSWORD}"
+    command: /bin/sh -c "redis-server {{ kv.redis_conf_dir }} --requirepass ${REDIS_PASSWORD}"
     restart: {{ confspawn_env.restart }}
   {{ server.service_name }}:
     profiles: [ "all" ]
diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index fbbf035b..7a9e01b8 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ service_name = "kv"
 container_name = "dodeka-kv-1"
 # metaconfig
 image_name = "ghcr.io/dsav-dodeka/redis"
+redis_conf_dir = "/usr/local/etc/redis/redis.conf"
 host_host = "127.0.0.1"
 host_port = "6379"
 container_port = "6379"