diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6db8a3b..8d85ab4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ secrets.yaml
 *.ipynb
 
 logs/
-*.json
\ No newline at end of file
+*.json
+
+namespaces/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/appdaemon.yaml b/appdaemon.yaml
index 0f56e83..19ef267 100755
--- a/appdaemon.yaml
+++ b/appdaemon.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 appdaemon:
+  uvloop: True
+  # use_dictionary_unpacking: True
+  # check_app_updates_profile: True
+
   import_method: expert
   latitude: 30.250968
   longitude: -97.748193
@@ -13,11 +17,16 @@ appdaemon:
     mqtt:
       type: mqtt
       namespace: mqtt
-      client_host: zigbee.localdomain
+      client_host: zigbee.john-stream.com
       client_user: homeassistant
       client_password: !secret mqtt_password
       client_topics:
         - zigbee2mqtt/#
+  
+  namespaces:
+    controller:
+      writeback: hybrid
+      persistent: true
 
 admin:
 api:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 547e0a1..e3471c9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
       - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
-      - config:/conf:ro
+      - config:/conf
       - logs:/logs
     ports:
       - 5050:5050