diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f566f8ae9..a4b5c3f79 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 5432:5432
     restart: always
+    volumes:
+      - type: tmpfs
+        target: /var/lib/postgresql/data
+    command: -c fsync=off -c full_page_writes=off -c synchronous_commit=off
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "pg_isready", "-h", "postgres", "-q", "-d", "opendatacube", "-U", "opendatacube"]
       timeout: 45s