diff --git a/postgres/hooks/postgres_database-relation-joined b/postgres/hooks/postgres_database-relation-joined
index 5dfc31a..f8de1d0 100755
--- a/postgres/hooks/postgres_database-relation-joined
+++ b/postgres/hooks/postgres_database-relation-joined
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ USER=$(relation-get user) || {
 
 set -e
 
+
 ## YYY: check that password was not already generated/set for the same user
 ## use session state storage.
 
@@ -47,12 +48,20 @@ fi
 
 array_read-0 extensions < <(relation-get extensions 2>/dev/null | shyaml get-values-0)
 
+
 ensure_db_docker_running
 
 ## XXXvlab: should send all these into only one docker...
 if ! db_has_database "$DBNAME"; then
-    db_create "$DBNAME" || exit 1
-
+    INITDB_ARGS=(encoding lc-collate lc-ctype template)
+    CREATEDB_OPTS=()
+    for option in "${INITDB_ARGS[@]}"; do
+        value="$(relation-get "$option" 2>/dev/null)" || true
+        if [ -n "$value" ]; then
+            CREATEDB_OPTS+=("--$option=$value")
+        fi
+    done
+    db_create "$DBNAME" "${CREATEDB_OPTS[@]}" || exit 1
     if sql=$(relation-get init-sql); then
         ddb "$DBNAME" > /dev/null < <(e "$sql") || exit 1
     fi
diff --git a/postgres/lib/common b/postgres/lib/common
index a6feb29..20947b2 100644
--- a/postgres/lib/common
+++ b/postgres/lib/common
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ db_drop () {
 
 db_create () {
     local dbname="$1"
-    dcmd createdb "$dbname" || return 1
+    shift
+    dcmd createdb "$dbname" "$@" || return 1
     info "Database '$dbname' created."
 }
 
diff --git a/synapse/hooks/init b/synapse/hooks/init
index 53e5c9f..189e4a3 100755
--- a/synapse/hooks/init
+++ b/synapse/hooks/init
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
 
 . lib/common
 
+
+#if ! [ -f "$HOST_CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
+#    cfg-init
+#fi
+#exit 17
+
+
 # Please note that postgres detect on its own if its datadir needs to be populated
 
 service_def=$(get_compose_service_def "$SERVICE_NAME") || return 1
diff --git a/synapse/lib/common b/synapse/lib/common
index ae3fb1a..4221452 100644
--- a/synapse/lib/common
+++ b/synapse/lib/common
@@ -19,21 +19,21 @@ yaml_opt_flatten() {
 
 
 CFG_DIR=/etc/synapse
-DATA_DIR=/var/lib/synapse
-CONFIG_FILE="$CFG_DIR/config.yml"
-HOST_CONFIG_FILE="${SERVICE_CONFIGSTORE}$CONFIG_FILE"
+DATA_DIR=/data
+CONFIG_FILE="$DATA_DIR/homeserver.yaml"
+HOST_CONFIG_FILE="${SERVICE_DATASTORE}$CONFIG_FILE"
 
 
 setup_dirs() {
     local dirs dir
 
-    dirs=("$SERVICE_DATASTORE/var/lib/synapse")
-    uid_gid=($(docker_get_uid_gid "$SERVICE_NAME" "synapse" "synapse")) || {
+    dirs=("$SERVICE_DATASTORE/data")
+    uid_gid=($(docker_get_uid_gid "$SERVICE_NAME" "root" "root")) || {
         err "Could not fetch uid/gid on image of service ${DARKYELLOW}$SERVICE_NAME${NORMAL}."
         return 1
     }
-    uid="${uid_gid[0]}"
-    gid="${uid_gid[1]}"
+    uid="991"
+    gid="991"
     for dir in "${dirs[@]}"; do
         mkdir -p "$dir"
         find "$dir" \! -uid "$uid" -print0 | while read-0 f; do
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ setup_dirs() {
 
     dirs=(
         "${SERVICE_CONFIGSTORE}/$CFG_DIR"
-        "${SERVICE_DATASTORE}/var/lib/synapse/keys"
+        "${SERVICE_DATASTORE}/$DATA_DIR/keys"
+        "${SERVICE_DATASTORE}/$DATA_DIR/media"
     )
     for dir in "${dirs[@]}"; do
         mkdir -p "$dir"
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ cfg-merge() {
 }
 
 
+
+
 cfg-base() {
     cat <<EOF > "$HOST_CONFIG_FILE"
 
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ cfg-base() {
 # pid_file: /var/run/synapse/synapse.pid
 web_client: False
 soft_file_limit: 0
-log_config: "$CFG_DIR/logging.yml"
+log_config: "$DATA_DIR/logging.yml"
 
 ## Ports
 
@@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ turn_user_lifetime: 1h
 trusted_third_party_id_servers:
     - matrix.org
     - vector.im
-
+suppress_key_server_warning: true
 ## Metrics
 
 enable_metrics: false
@@ -206,7 +209,7 @@ app_service_config_files: []
 
 EOF
 
-    cat <<EOF > "$SERVICE_CONFIGSTORE$CFG_DIR"/logging.yml
+    cat <<EOF > "$SERVICE_DATASTORE$DATA_DIR"/logging.yml
 version: 1
 
 formatters:
diff --git a/synapse/metadata.yml b/synapse/metadata.yml
index c51366c..069a471 100644
--- a/synapse/metadata.yml
+++ b/synapse/metadata.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 description: Synapse
 maintainer: "Valentin Lab <valentin.lab@kalysto.org>"
-docker-image: docker.0k.io/synapse:1.0
+docker-image: matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
 config-resources:
   - /etc/synapse
 data-resources:
-  - /var/lib/synapse
+  - /data
 host-resources:
   - /etc/localtime:ro
 
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ uses:
     auto: summon
     solves:
       database: "main storage"
+    default-options:
+      encoding: UTF-8
+      lc-collate: C
+      lc-ctype: C
+      template: template0
   # log-rotate:
   #   constraint: recommended
   #   auto: pair