diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c19f42..0796cf8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ infra/terraform.tfstate.backup
 playbooks/hosts.ini
 playbooks/.ssh/
 playbooks/.env/
+playbooks/alpha/searx/settings.yml
diff --git a/playbooks/alpha/searx/main.yml b/playbooks/alpha/searx/main.yml
index 253eae7..7350034 100644
--- a/playbooks/alpha/searx/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/alpha/searx/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,21 @@
   remote_user: ubuntu
   become: yes
   tasks:
+    - name: Create /var/www/ Configuration Directory
+      file:
+        path: /var/www/
+        state: directory
+
+    - name: Create /var/www/searx/ Searx configuration Directory
+      file:
+        path: /var/www/searx
+        state: directory
+
+    - name: Copy Searx Configuration to /var/www/searx
+      copy:
+        src: settings.yml
+        dest: /var/www/searx/settings.yml
+
     - name: Pull latest Searx Repo patches
       community.docker.docker_container:
         name: searx
@@ -10,6 +25,7 @@
         pull: yes
         restart_policy: always
         recreate: yes
+        volumes:
+          - "/var/www/searx/settings.yml:/etc/searx/settings.yml"
         ports:
           - "8080:8080"
-