diff --git a/app/server/config/schema.ts b/app/server/config/schema.ts
index 691ba69..409bb1b 100644
--- a/app/server/config/schema.ts
+++ b/app/server/config/schema.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ const partialOidcConfig = type({
 	token_endpoint_auth_method:
 		'"client_secret_basic" | "client_secret_post" | "client_secret_jwt"?',
 	redirect_uri: 'string.url?',
-	user_storage_file: 'string = "/var/lib/headplane/users.json"',
+	user_storage_file: 'string?',
 	disable_api_key_login: stringToBool.optional(),
 	headscale_api_key: 'string?',
 	headscale_api_key_path: 'string?',
diff --git a/app/server/web/sessions.ts b/app/server/web/sessions.ts
index 47bcc64..231b0eb 100644
--- a/app/server/web/sessions.ts
+++ b/app/server/web/sessions.ts
@@ -221,6 +221,23 @@ async function migrateUserDatabase(path: string, db: LibSQLDatabase) {
 	log.info('config', 'Migrating old user database from %s', path);
 	const realPath = resolve(path);
 
+	log.warn(
+		'config',
+		'oidc.user_storage_file is deprecated and will be removed in Headplane 0.7.0',
+	);
+	log.warn(
+		'config',
+		'You can ignore this warning if you do not use OIDC authentication.',
+	);
+	log.warn(
+		'config',
+		'Data will be automatically migrated to the new SQL database.',
+	);
+	log.warn(
+		'config',
+		'Refer to server.data_path to ensure this path is mounted correctly is using Docker.',
+	);
+
 	try {
 		const handle = await open(realPath, 'a+');
 		await handle.close();
diff --git a/config.example.yaml b/config.example.yaml
index 7664854..659e6c5 100644
--- a/config.example.yaml
+++ b/config.example.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ server:
   # any cache related files.
   #
   # Data formats prior to 0.6.1 will automatically be migrated.
+  # PLEASE ensure this directory is mounted if running in Docker.
   data_path: "/var/lib/headplane"
 
 # Headscale specific settings to allow Headplane to talk
@@ -161,10 +162,6 @@ oidc:
   # for your Headplane instance with /admin/oidc/callback
   redirect_uri: "http://localhost:3000/admin/oidc/callback"
 
-  # Stores the users and their permissions for Headplane
-  # This is a path to a JSON file, default is specified below.
-  user_storage_file: "/var/lib/headplane/users.json"
-
   # By default profile pictures are pulled from the OIDC provider when
   # we go to fetch the userinfo endpoint. Optionally, this can be set to
   # "oidc" or "gravatar" as of 0.6.1.