diff --git a/apps/ignis-server/scripts/entrypoint.sh b/apps/ignis-server/scripts/entrypoint.sh
index 3ba813d..4bb473c 100644
--- a/apps/ignis-server/scripts/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/apps/ignis-server/scripts/entrypoint.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ else
   echo "[ignis] Using existing user $RUN_USER (UID $PUID)"
 fi
 
-# Fix ownership of volumes
-chown -R "$PUID:$PGID" /vaults /app/obsidian-app
+
+mkdir -p /app/data
+chown -R "$PUID:$PGID" /vaults /app/obsidian-app /app/data
 
 OBSIDIAN_DIR="/app/obsidian-app"
 OBSIDIAN_VERSION="${OBSIDIAN_VERSION:-1.12.7}"
diff --git a/packages/shim/src/native-menu-guard.js b/packages/shim/src/native-menu-guard.js
index 93b6161..0cdff52 100644
--- a/packages/shim/src/native-menu-guard.js
+++ b/packages/shim/src/native-menu-guard.js
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ function readTransform(data) {
   try {
     const obj = JSON.parse(text);
 
-    if (obj.nativeMenus) {
+    // force native menus to false since its never appropriate in a browser context.
+    if (obj.nativeMenus !== false) {
       obj.nativeMenus = false;
       return JSON.stringify(obj);
     }
@@ -100,6 +101,9 @@ function patchSetConfig() {
     };
     vault.__ignisNativeMenuGuarded = true;
 
+    // set to false to override any platform default (like macOS).
+    vault.setConfig("nativeMenus", false);
+
     return true;
   };