diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
index e6a6624..89d1320 100644
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ services:
       - DATABASE_URL=mysql://${MYSQL_USER}:${MYSQL_PASSWORD}@mysql:3306/${MYSQL_DATABASE}
     depends_on:
       - mysql
+    user: 1004
     volumes:
       - ~/astra-logs:/var/log
 
diff --git a/rust-engine/Dockerfile b/rust-engine/Dockerfile
index 0ad961f..3ffaf05 100644
--- a/rust-engine/Dockerfile
+++ b/rust-engine/Dockerfile
@@ -80,6 +80,5 @@ RUN chown appuser:appuser /usr/local/bin/rust-engine \
     && chown appuser:appuser /var/log/astra-errors.log
 
 EXPOSE 8000
-USER appuser
 # Redirect all output to /var/log/astra-errors.log for easy monitoring
 ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh", "-c", "/usr/local/bin/rust-engine >> /var/log/astra-errors.log 2>&1"]
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