diff --git a/updater/Dockerfile b/updater/Dockerfile
index 92b16e3..5479f76 100644
--- a/updater/Dockerfile
+++ b/updater/Dockerfile
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y git docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Add the www-data user to the docker group
+RUN usermod -aG docker www-data
+
+# create home dir for the www-data user
+RUN mkdir /home/www-data && chown www-data:www-data /home/www-data
+
 # Copy the PHP file to the Apache document root
 COPY webhook.php /var/www/html/index.php