diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7b59a38..c9acaf0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -30,10 +30,7 @@ RUN mv /etc/nginx/access_logd_`access_log -v`.conf /etc/nginx/access_logd.conf
 RUN chown -R nginx:nginx /etc/nginx
 RUN nginx -t
 
-# access_logd runs as nobody but the socket can be written to by nginx
-RUN delgroup nobody nobody
-RUN addgroup nobody www-data
-RUN chown nobody:www-data /var/lib/access_log.sqlite3
+RUN chown nginx:nginx /var/lib/access_log.sqlite3
 
 # Shared configuration
 VOLUME /etc/nginx/sites
diff --git a/access_logd.sh b/access_logd.sh
index 4519ab5..9f9f975 100755
--- a/access_logd.sh
+++ b/access_logd.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ case $1 in
     install -m 640 -o nobody /var/lib/access_log.sqlite3 /var/log/access_log.sqlite3
 
     # Read from fifo and load into database
-    daemonize -p /run/access_logd.pid -u nobody /usr/local/bin/syslogize /usr/bin/access_log $ACCESS_LOGS_FLAGS
+    daemonize -p /run/access_logd.pid -u nginx /usr/local/bin/syslogize /usr/bin/access_log $ACCESS_LOGS_FLAGS
   ;;
   stop)
     test -f $pid || exit 0