diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 6cecc08..bfa2150 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ALLOWED_IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = {'png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'bmp', 'webp', 'tiff'}
 ALLOWED_IMAGE_MAGIC = {
     'png': b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',
     'jpg': b'\xff\xd8\xff',
-    'gif': b'GIF87a', b'GIF89a',
+    'gif': (b'GIF87a', b'GIF89a'),
     'webp': b'RIFF',
     'bmp': b'BM',
 }
@@ -39,14 +39,6 @@ _UPLOAD_WINDOW = 60
 
 _csrf_secret = secrets.token_hex(32)
 
-EXPIRY_OPTIONS = [
-    ('1h', '1 hour'),
-    ('1d', '1 day'),
-    ('1w', '1 week'),
-    ('1m', '1 month'),
-    ('forever', 'Never'),
-]
-
 ALLOWED_IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = {'png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'bmp', 'webp', 'svg', 'tiff'}
 ALLOWED_TEXT_EXTENSIONS = {'txt', 'py', 'js', 'ts', 'c', 'cpp', 'h', 'java', 'rb', 'go', 'rs', 'md', 'json', 'xml', 'yaml', 'yml', 'html', 'css', 'sh', 'log', 'csv', 'sql', 'ini', 'cfg', 'toml', 'lua', 'php', 'swift', 'kt', 'scala', 'r', 'pl', 'hs', 'zig', 'nix'}
 
@@ -166,9 +158,19 @@ def save_text_content(paste_id, content):
         f.write(content)
 
 
-@app.before_request
-def before_request():
-    ensure_dirs()
+# Fix #16 - ensure_dirs at startup only, not every request
+ensure_dirs()
+
+# Fix #1 - scheduled cleanup of expired pastes
+def _cleanup_loop():
+    while True:
+        time.sleep(300)
+        try:
+            cleanup_expired()
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Cleanup error: {e}")
+
+threading.Thread(target=_cleanup_loop, daemon=True).start()
 
 
 @app.after_request
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 5c0e3b8..f9c5fbe 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   pastebin:
     build: .
@@ -12,7 +10,3 @@ services:
       - PORT=8080
       - SECRET_KEY=${SECRET_KEY:-change-me-to-a-random-secret}
     restart: unless-stopped
-
-volumes:
-  uploads-data:
-  store-data:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 6d084ed..a8f1bde 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
     <meta charset="UTF-8">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
     <title>PasteBin</title>
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 100 100'%3E%3Ctext y='.9em' font-size='90'%3E📋%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/style.css">
 </head>
 <body>
-    <div class="container">
+    <div class="container" role="main">
         <header>
             <h1><a href="/">PasteBin</a></h1>
             <p>Share text, images, and files temporarily</p>
@@ -18,9 +19,9 @@
         {% endif %}
 
         <div class="tabs">
-            <button class="tab active" data-tab="text">Text</button>
-            <button class="tab" data-tab="image">Image</button>
-            <button class="tab" data-tab="file">File</button>
+            <button class="tab active" data-tab="text" aria-label="Text paste tab" aria-selected="true">Text</button>
+            <button class="tab" data-tab="image" aria-label="Image paste tab" aria-selected="false">Image</button>
+            <button class="tab" data-tab="file" aria-label="File paste tab" aria-selected="false">File</button>
         </div>
 
         <form method="POST" action="/paste" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="uploadForm">
