diff --git a/backend/cli.py b/backend/cli.py
index 3eeb5cb4..20476164 100644
--- a/backend/cli.py
+++ b/backend/cli.py
@@ -3,14 +3,19 @@ import multiprocessing
 import os
 import platform
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import django
 from django.core import management
 
 from .config.celery import app
 
+DOCCANO_HOME = os.path.expanduser(os.environ.get("DOCCANO_HOME", "~/doccano"))
+Path(DOCCANO_HOME).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 os.environ["STANDALONE"] = "True"
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings.production")
+os.environ.setdefault("DATABASE_URL", os.path.join(f"sqlite:///{DOCCANO_HOME}", "db.sqlite3"))
+os.environ.setdefault("MEDIA_ROOT", os.path.join(DOCCANO_HOME, "media"))
 base = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 sys.path.append(base)
 django.setup()
diff --git a/backend/config/settings/base.py b/backend/config/settings/base.py
index 2c140efd..963c1652 100644
--- a/backend/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/backend/config/settings/base.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ if not EMAIL_HOST:
 
 
 # User media files
-MEDIA_ROOT = path.join(BASE_DIR, "media")
+MEDIA_ROOT = env("MEDIA_ROOT", path.join(BASE_DIR, "media"))
 MEDIA_URL = "/media/"
 
 # Filepond settings
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 63e3a7fe..fcb84e09 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ auto-labeling-pipeline = "^0.1.21"
 dj-rest-auth = "^2.2.3"
 django-drf-filepond = "^0.4.1"
 celery = "^5.2.3"
-django-celery-results = "^2.2.0"
+django-celery-results = "2.2.0"
 SQLAlchemy = "^1.4.31"
 waitress = "^2.0.0"
 django-health-check = "^3.16.5"