diff --git a/services.common.yml b/services.common.yml
index 7dbcb5a7bc62b2f6cf00455aea2558eea6199afd..0cee6c61cba52cfd60c085ba0009becb5ec8a315 100644
--- a/services.common.yml
+++ b/services.common.yml
@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ service-request:
       scheme: https
   datasets:
     - name: db
+      type: litestream
       path: /var/lib/service-request
+      filename: requests.db
       owner: docker-service-request
       group: docker-service-request