diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 47c6f7a..6b2d44a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 FROM swaggerapi/swagger-ui:v5.9.1 AS swagger-ui
 FROM python:3.10-slim
 
+RUN useradd -m service
+
 ENV POETRY_VENV=/app/.venv
 
 RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
@@ -9,6 +11,10 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
     ffmpeg \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+RUN mkdir -p /app && chown -R service:service /app
+
+USER service
+
 RUN python3 -m venv $POETRY_VENV \
     && $POETRY_VENV/bin/pip install -U pip setuptools \
     && $POETRY_VENV/bin/pip install poetry==1.6.1
@@ -24,4 +30,6 @@ COPY --from=swagger-ui /usr/share/nginx/html/swagger-ui-bundle.js swagger-ui-ass
 RUN poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
 RUN poetry install
 
+USER service
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:9000", "--workers", "1", "--timeout", "0", "app.webservice:app", "-k", "uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker"]