diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index da47830..d3fc064 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -73,6 +73,39 @@ my development machine, for example, is Dell Inspiron 7348 with Core i7
 for unix systems, the provided `flake.nix` can be used with `nix develop` to
 open a shell with all needed system dependencies.
 
+## Deployment
+
+There are two primary server components to be deployed: the web server and the
+sourth of truth server. The latter is a singleton that runs on Clover's NAS,
+which holds the full contents of the file storage. The web server pulls data
+from the source of truth and renders web pages, and can be duplicated to
+multiple cloud hosts without issue.
+
+Deployment of the source of truth can be done with Docker Compose:
+
+    services:
+      backend:
+        container_name: backend
+        build:
+          # this uses loopback to hit the self-hosted git server
+          context: http://localhost:3000/clo/sitegen.git
+          dockerfile: src/source-of-truth.dockerfile
+        environment:
+          # configuration
+          - PORT=43200
+          - CLOVER_DB=/data
+          - CLOVER_FILE_RAW=/published
+          - CLOVER_FILE_DERIVED=/data/derived
+          - CLOVER_SOT_KEY=... # guards private/unreleased content
+        ports:
+          - '43200:43200'
+        restart: unless-stopped
+        volumes:
+          - /mnt/storage1/clover/Documents/Config/paperclover:/data
+          - /mnt/storage1/clover/Published:/published
+
+TODO: deployment instructions for a web node
+
 ## Contributions
 
 No contributions to `src` accepted, only `framework`.
diff --git a/src/source-of-truth.dockerfile b/src/source-of-truth.dockerfile
index 3bdf435..2c48f88 100644
--- a/src/source-of-truth.dockerfile
+++ b/src/source-of-truth.dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ run npx esbuild --bundle \
   --minify \
   --sourcemap=linked \
   --entry-names=index \
-  --outdir=/app
+  --outdir=/app \
+  && cp framework/lib/mime.txt /app/
 
 from node:24-alpine as runtime