diff --git a/updater/.env.example b/updater/.env.example
index d604cd2..f544b74 100644
--- a/updater/.env.example
+++ b/updater/.env.example
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 GITEA_WEBHOOK_SECRET=
 DOCKER_CONFIG_DIR=
+DOCKER_CONFIG_DIR_UID=
+DOCKER_CONFIG_DIR_GID=
+DOCKER_GID=
diff --git a/updater/Dockerfile b/updater/Dockerfile
index a33b738..5d6eb3c 100644
--- a/updater/Dockerfile
+++ b/updater/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Add user to the docker group
-RUN usermod -aG docker www-data
+RUN usermod -aG $DOCKER_GID www-data
+
+# Create .docker directory and set permissions
+RUN mkdir -p /var/www/.docker && \
+    chown www-data:www-data /var/www/.docker
 
 # Copy the PHP file to the Apache document root
 COPY webhook.php /var/www/html/index.php
diff --git a/updater/docker-compose.yml b/updater/docker-compose.yml
index eb75e6a..b0ea4e1 100644
--- a/updater/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/updater/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 services:
   updater:
     build: .
-    user: root
+    user: ${DOCKER_CONFIG_DIR_UID}:${DOCKER_CONFIG_DIR_GID}
     ports:
       - "6969:80"
     env_file: