diff --git a/builders/lando-v4.js b/builders/lando-v4.js
index 31e229d3..ab30cb7f 100644
--- a/builders/lando-v4.js
+++ b/builders/lando-v4.js
@@ -341,7 +341,9 @@ module.exports = {
       });
 
       // add any overrides on top
-      this.addLandoServiceData(config.overrides);
+      // @NOTE: should this be addLandoServiceData?
+      // @NOTE: does it make sense to have a way to override both LandoServiceData and regular ServiceData?
+      this.addServiceData(config.overrides);
     }
 
     addHookFile(file, {id = undefined, hook = 'boot', stage = 'image', priority = '100'} = {}) {
@@ -429,7 +431,8 @@ module.exports = {
         // find any volumes we might need to create
         const cstorage = this.storage
           .filter(volume => volume.type === 'volume')
-          .filter(volume => !estorage.includes(volume.source));
+          .filter(volume => !estorage.includes(volume.source))
+          .filter(volume => volume?.labels?.['dev.lando.storage-volume'] === 'TRUE');
 
         await Promise.all(cstorage.map(async volume => {
           try {
diff --git a/examples/storage/.lando.yml b/examples/storage/.lando.yml
index 09982beb..08278224 100644
--- a/examples/storage/.lando.yml
+++ b/examples/storage/.lando.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 name: lando-storage
+volumes:
+  my-data:
 services:
   db:
     api: 4
@@ -7,6 +9,14 @@ services:
     user: mysql
     environment:
       MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: 'yes'
+    # below goes through addLandoServiceData which will add an extra volume "my-data" without context during appBuild
+    # volumes:
+    #   - my-data:/my-data
+    # so we want to use "overrides" which uses addServiceData and will not to additional processing and not create
+    # the extra volumes
+    overrides:
+      volumes:
+        - my-data:/my-data
     storage:
       # short form single service scoped volume at /var/lib/mysql
       - /var/lib/mysql
@@ -42,7 +52,6 @@ services:
       # remount for fun?
       - source: landostorage-db-var-lib-mysql
         target: /var/lib/mysql-backup
-
   alpine:
     api: 4
     image: alpine:3.20
@@ -70,7 +79,7 @@ services:
     image: alpine:3.20
     command: sleep infinity
     user: me
-    persistent-storage:
+    storage:
       - destination: /someplace
         owner: games
       - destination: /someplace-secret
diff --git a/examples/storage/README.md b/examples/storage/README.md
index 831f38da..daed23c5 100644
--- a/examples/storage/README.md
+++ b/examples/storage/README.md
@@ -224,6 +224,13 @@ lando exec owners -- stat /someplace-secret/root
 lando exec owners -- stat /someplace-free | grep Access: | grep "0777"
 lando exec owners -- touch /someplace-free/me
 lando exec owners -- stat /someplace-free/me
+
+# Should allow for top level volumes to still be used with overrides.volumes
+docker volume inspect my-data || echo "$?" | grep 1
+docker volume inspect landostorage_my-data
+docker volume inspect landostorage_my-data | grep com.docker.compose.project | grep landostorage
+docker volume inspect landostorage_my-data | grep com.docker.compose.volume | grep my-data
+lando exec --user root db -- touch /my-data/thing
 ```
 
 ## Destroy tests