diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c3aa30b..9fbb6d8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,17 @@ services:
             - driver: nvidia
               count: 1
               capabilities: [gpu]
+    volumes:
+      # Persist Surya (datalab) + HuggingFace model caches so rebuilds don't
+      # re-download ~1.5 GB of weights every time.
+      - ix_surya_cache:/root/.cache/datalab
+      - ix_hf_cache:/root/.cache/huggingface
     labels:
       infrastructure.web_url: "http://192.168.68.42:8994"
       backup.enable: "true"
       backup.type: "postgres"
       backup.name: "infoxtractor"
+
+volumes:
+  ix_surya_cache:
+  ix_hf_cache: