diff --git a/runit-podman-gen.lua b/runit-podman-gen.lua
index dd6f99d..6018798 100755
--- a/runit-podman-gen.lua
+++ b/runit-podman-gen.lua
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ local user = arg[1]
 local container_name = arg[2]
 local image_name = arg[3]
 
+local group = user
+local GROUP = os.getenv "GROUP"
+if GROUP ~= nil then
+	env_string = env_string .. "GROUP="..GROUP.." "
+	group = GROUP
+end
+
 local arguments = {unpack(arg, 4)}
 for i=1,#arguments do
 	arguments[i] = "'"..arguments[i].."'"
@@ -46,16 +53,18 @@ CONTAINER_NAME=']]..container_name..[['
 
 export USER=']]..user..[['
 
+export GROUP=']]..group..[['
+
 export HOME="/home/$USER"
 cd "$HOME"
 ]]
 
 local run_script = prefix..[[
 
-chpst -u "$USER:$USER" podman pull "$IMAGE" 2>/dev/stdout || exit $?
-chpst -u "$USER:$USER" podman image prune -f 2>/dev/stdout || exit $?
+chpst -u "$USER:$GROUP" podman pull "$IMAGE" 2>/dev/stdout || exit $?
+chpst -u "$USER:$GROUP" podman image prune -f 2>/dev/stdout || exit $?
 
-exec ]]..netns_string..[[chpst -u "$USER:$USER" podman run --tty --rm \
+exec ]]..netns_string..[[chpst -u "$USER:$GROUP" podman run --tty --rm \
 	--name="$CONTAINER_NAME" \
 	--replace \
 ]]..utils.join_table(arguments, " ")..[[ \
@@ -63,8 +72,8 @@ exec ]]..netns_string..[[chpst -u "$USER:$USER" podman run --tty --rm \
 ]]
 local down_script = prefix..[[
 
-chpst -u "$USER:$USER" podman stop --ignore "$CONTAINER_NAME" 2>/dev/stdout || exit $?
-chpst -u "$USER:$USER" podman rm --force --ignore "$CONTAINER_NAME" 2>/dev/stdout || exit $?
+chpst -u "$USER:$GROUP" podman stop --ignore "$CONTAINER_NAME" 2>/dev/stdout || exit $?
+chpst -u "$USER:$GROUP" podman rm --force --ignore "$CONTAINER_NAME" 2>/dev/stdout || exit $?
 ]]
 
 local function write_script(file_name, content)