diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f741f15..ab42e72 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ FROM alpine:3.22.2
 LABEL Maintainer="Wolfgang Hottgenroth <woho@hottis.de>"
 LABEL ImageName="bind-hidden-primary"
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache bind bind-tools bash git openssh-client-default
-RUN mkdir -p /etc/named-dist 
+RUN \
+  apk add --no-cache bind bind-tools bash git openssh-client-default && \
+  mkdir -p /etc/named && \
+  mkdir -p /etc/named/keys && \
+  mkdir -p /etc/named/zones && \
+  mkdir -p /etc/named-dist 
 
-COPY named.conf /etc/named-dist/
+COPY named.conf /etc/named/
 COPY whiskeylimahotel.de.zone /etc/named-dist/
 COPY zones.conf /etc/named-dist/
 COPY transfer-key.conf /etc/named-dist/
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index fe3dfa8..c0e01f6 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -3,24 +3,18 @@ set -ex
 
 echo "Starting BIND initialization..."
 
-mkdir -p /etc/named
-
+INITIALLY_INSTALLED_FLAG="/etc/named/zones/initialized"
 # Copy template files to working directories if they don't exist
-if [ ! -f /etc/knot/knot.conf ]; then
-    echo "Copying knot.conf from template..."
-    cp /etc/knot-dist/knot.conf /etc/knot/
-
-    echo "Copying zone file from template..."
-    cp /var/lib/knot-dist/my-dnssec-test-domain.de.zone /var/lib/knot/
+if [ ! -f $INITIALLY_INSTALLED_FLAG ]; then
+    echo "Initialized ..."
+    touch $INITIALLY_INSTALLED_FLAG
+    cp /etc/named-dist/transfer-key.conf /etc/named/keys/transfer-key.conf
+    cp /etc/named-dist/zones.conf /etc/named/zones/zones.conf
+    cp /etc/named-dist/whiskeylimahotel.de.zone /etc/named/zones/whiskeylimahotel.de.zone
+else
+    echo "Already initialized, skipping initial setup."
 fi
 
-# Ensure proper ownership
-echo "Setting file ownership..."
-chown -R knot:knot /etc/knot /var/lib/knot
 
-# Check configuration
-echo "Validating configuration..."
-/usr/sbin/knotc conf-check
-
-echo "Starting Knot DNS server..."
-exec /usr/sbin/knotd 
+echo "Starting BIND server..."
+exec /usr/sbin/named -f