diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index f9cb8a0..2f68476 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 videnc-vibe
 *.mkv
+*.mp4
 *.wav
 *.opus
 *.log
@@ -10,5 +11,6 @@ logs.db
 /originals
 /failed
 /work
+/data
 .git
 MANUAL.html
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index da2cfe7..04397f2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 COPY --from=build /videnc-vibe /usr/local/bin/videnc-vibe
 # logs.db + log files land in the working dir — make it the mounted /data so they persist.
 WORKDIR /data
+EXPOSE 8080
 ENTRYPOINT ["videnc-vibe", "-c", "/config/config.yaml"]
diff --git a/config.example.yaml b/config.example.yaml
index 68cc7d6..1ed6a24 100644
--- a/config.example.yaml
+++ b/config.example.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 omdb_api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
 
+# Status server listen address. Omit for the default ":8080"; set to "" to disable.
+# GET /status returns live encode progress, the input queue, and recent events.
+http_addr: ":8080"
+
 encoding:
   dvd:
     crf: 30
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 340cfec..13f5b0c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@ services:
     build: .
     container_name: videnc-vibe
     restart: unless-stopped
+    # Cap CPU/RAM so a long SVT-AV1 encode can't starve the host. Tune to taste.
+    # `podman compose` honors deploy.resources; `podman-compose` (python) wants
+    # the short keys instead — cpus: 4.0 / mem_limit: 4g / cpuset: "0-3".
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: "8.0"
+          memory: 4g
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080" # status server: GET http://host:8080/status (needs http_addr: ":8080" in config)
     volumes:
       - ./data/config.yaml:/config/config.yaml:ro # your config — paths inside must point at /data/*
       - ./data/media:/data # holds input/ output/ originals/ failed/ work/ + logs