diff --git a/Dockerfile.cloudron b/Dockerfile.cloudron
index aa01694..349e7a1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.cloudron
+++ b/Dockerfile.cloudron
@@ -6,17 +6,12 @@ ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
     PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1
 
-RUN useradd -r -m -d /home/cloudron -s /usr/sbin/nologin cloudron
-
 COPY requirements.txt /app/code/
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY . /app/code
 
-RUN chown -R cloudron:cloudron /app/code \
-    && chmod +x /app/code/start.sh
-
-USER cloudron
+RUN chmod +x /app/code/start.sh
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 8def23e..13c335d 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ set -eu
 export NOURI_DATA_DIR="${NOURI_DATA_DIR:-/app/data}"
 mkdir -p "${NOURI_DATA_DIR}/uploads"
 
-if [ -z "${NOURI_SECRET_KEY:-}" ]; then
-  export NOURI_SECRET_KEY="cloudron-dev-secret"
-fi
-
 exec gunicorn \
   --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 \
   --workers 2 \