diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 53b5b64..6d50c92 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ ARG BASE_IMAGE=sutty/monit
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}:${ALPINE_VERSION}
 MAINTAINER "f <f@sutty.nl>"
 
+RUN getent group 82 || addgroup -g 82 -S www-data
+RUN adduser -s /bin/sh -G www-data -h /srv/matterbridge -D matterbridge
 RUN apk add --no-cache matterbridge daemonize
+
 COPY ./monit.conf /etc/monit.d/matterbridge.conf
 COPY ./matterbridged.sh /usr/local/bin/matterbridged
 
diff --git a/matterbridged.sh b/matterbridged.sh
index 5b099c1..612769e 100755
--- a/matterbridged.sh
+++ b/matterbridged.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ set -e
 pid=/run/matterbridge.pid
 log=/tmp/matterbridge.log
 cnf=/etc/matterbridge/matterbridge.toml
+srv=/srv/matterbridge
 
 case $1 in
   start)
-    daemonize -a -e ${log} -o ${log} -p ${pid} -l ${pid} /usr/bin/matterbridge -conf ${cnf}
+    daemonize -a -e ${log} -o ${log} -p ${pid} -l ${pid} -u matterbridge -c ${srv} /usr/bin/matterbridge -conf ${cnf}
     ;;
   stop)
     test -f ${pid} || exit 0