diff --git a/xtts/.gitignore b/xtts/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8678e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtts/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# HuggingFace Model-Cache (geteilt zwischen f5tts + whisper bridge,
+# wird via Bind-Mount in die Container reingehaengt)
+hf-cache/
+
+# Voice-Samples (lokal, gehoert nicht ins Repo)
+voices/
+
+# Docker .env
+.env
diff --git a/xtts/docker-compose.yml b/xtts/docker-compose.yml
index f4b8482..bea7587 100644
--- a/xtts/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/xtts/docker-compose.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ services:
               capabilities: [gpu]
     volumes:
       - ./voices:/voices                         # WAV + TXT Referenz
-      - f5tts-models:/root/.cache/huggingface    # Model-Cache persistieren
+      - ./hf-cache:/root/.cache/huggingface      # HF-Cache als Bind-Mount.
+                                                 # Direkt sichtbar im xtts/hf-cache/,
+                                                 # einfach zu loeschen, kein Docker-
+                                                 # Desktop .vhdx Bloat.
+                                                 # Wird mit whisper-bridge geteilt.
     environment:
       # Bootstrap-only — alle anderen F5-TTS-Settings (Modell, cfg_strength,
       # nfe_step, Custom-Checkpoint) kommen ueber Diagnostic via RVS-config.
@@ -74,9 +78,5 @@ services:
       - WHISPER_COMPUTE_TYPE=${WHISPER_COMPUTE_TYPE:-float16}
       - WHISPER_LANGUAGE=${WHISPER_LANGUAGE:-de}
     volumes:
-      - whisper-models:/root/.cache/huggingface
+      - ./hf-cache:/root/.cache/huggingface      # gleicher Cache wie f5tts-bridge
     restart: unless-stopped
-
-volumes:
-  f5tts-models:
-  whisper-models: