diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c29e0b55..81784efe3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ nbdist/
 
 ### Komga
 /komga/src/main/resources/public/
+/komga/artemis/
diff --git a/komga/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml b/komga/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml
index 22daa8e30..0fafb18ee 100644
--- a/komga/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml
+++ b/komga/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ komga:
     validity: 2592000 # 1 month
   #  libraries-scan-cron: "*/5 * * * * ?" #every 5 seconds
   libraries-scan-cron: "-" #disable
-  libraries-scan-startup: true
+#  libraries-scan-startup: true
 spring:
   datasource:
     url: jdbc:h2:mem:testdb
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ spring:
         generate_statistics: true
         session.events.log: false
         format_sql: true
+  artemis:
+    embedded:
+      data-directory: ./artemis
 logging:
   file:
     max-history: 1
diff --git a/komga/src/main/resources/application.yml b/komga/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 815d22159..064488a6c 100644
--- a/komga/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/komga/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ spring:
     prefix: classpath:/public/
   mvc:
     throw-exception-if-no-handler-found: true
+  artemis:
+    embedded:
+      persistent: true
+      data-directory: ~/.komga/artemis
 
 server:
   servlet.session.timeout: 7d