diff --git a/Dockerfile.cloudron b/Dockerfile.cloudron
index a83042e..383b652 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.cloudron
+++ b/Dockerfile.cloudron
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     sqlite3 \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-RUN useradd -r -m -d /home/cloudron cloudron
+RUN groupadd --gid 1000 cloudron \
+    && useradd --uid 1000 --gid 1000 --create-home --home-dir /home/cloudron cloudron
 
 COPY requirements.txt /app/code/
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt gunicorn
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 1eb77b3..a5ff9ed 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ set -eu
 
 export NOURI_DATA_DIR="${NOURI_DATA_DIR:-/app/data}"
 mkdir -p "${NOURI_DATA_DIR}"
-touch "${NOURI_DATA_DIR}/nouri.sqlite3"
 mkdir -p "${NOURI_DATA_DIR}/uploads"
 
 exec gunicorn \