diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index c741e89..d26efeb 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+USER_ID=1000 # Set if your user id is different (`id -u`)
 APPLICATION_HOST=localhost
 ESDATA=../esdata
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index db39d8f..9d709a4 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ RUN chmod +x docker-entrypoint.sh
 RUN mkdir -p /home/srm/tmp
 #COPY Gemfile.lock /home/srm/tmp/Gemfile.lock
 
-RUN groupadd -r srm && useradd -r -g srm srm
+ARG USER_ID=1000
+RUN groupadd srm && useradd --uid $USER_ID -g srm srm
 RUN chown -R srm:srm /home/srm
 USER srm
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 06b3059..c82af93 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ version: "3.7"
 services:
   web:
     user: srm
-    build: .
+    build:
+      context: .
+      args: 
+        - USER_ID=${USER_ID:-1000}
     volumes:
       - .:/app
     ports: