diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6a4637f..8c1cfe2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 # Local environment variables (used for secrets)
 /environment/*.local.env
-
-# Account server certificates
-/certs/
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index 9c78ca0..15dc2cf 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ services:
             - ./environment/account.env
             - ./environment/account.local.env
         volumes:
-            - type: bind
-              source: ./certs
+            - type: volume
+              source: account-certificates
               target: /app/certs
         dns: 172.20.0.2
         networks:
diff --git a/scripts/setup-account-certs.sh b/scripts/setup-account-certs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a47578a..0000000
--- a/scripts/setup-account-certs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-
-set -eu
-
-required_certs="account|nex test|service test|nex friends"
-
-# The datastore keys are required for the account server to start, so this needs
-# to run first
-docker compose run --rm account generate-keys.js nex datastore
-
-docker compose up -d account
-
-# Split the certs on | while looping
-IFS="|"
-for cert in $required_certs; do
-    # Split the cert again on space to separate the 2 arguments
-    IFS=" "
-    set -- "$cert"
-    docker compose exec account node generate-keys.js $cert
-done
-
-docker compose down