diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7edbebbc..9b60cd51 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ services:
     networks:
       - darkflame
     ports:
-      - 3306:3306
+      - 3306:3306 # (optional) ports only exposed so that DB management tools can connect
 
   darkflame:
     container_name: DarkFlameServer
diff --git a/docker/start_server.sh b/docker/start_server.sh
index 85d1509b..50422c60 100644
--- a/docker/start_server.sh
+++ b/docker/start_server.sh
@@ -66,9 +66,16 @@ function symlink_client_files() {
     ln -s /client/client/res/macros/ /app/res/macros
     ln -s /client/client/res/BrickModels/ /app/res/BrickModels
     ln -s /client/client/res/chatplus_en_us.txt /app/res/chatplus_en_us.txt
-    ln -s /client/client/res/maps/ /app/res/maps
     ln -s /client/client/res/names/ /app/res/names
     ln -s /client/client/locale/locale.xml /app/locale/locale.xml
+    # need to iterate over entries in maps due to maps already being a directory with navmeshes/ in it
+    (
+        cd /client/client/res/maps
+        readarray -d '' entries < <(printf '%s\0' * | sort -zV)
+        for entry in "${entries[@]}"; do
+            ln -s /client/client/res/maps/$entry /app/res/maps/
+        done
+    )
 }
 
 function fdb_to_sqlite() {