diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bafac75..4c9a671 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -41,12 +41,8 @@ ENV NODE_ENV=production
 ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
 ENV DATABASE_URL="file:./data/dev.db"
 
-# Create non-root user for security
-RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 nodejs
-RUN adduser --system --uid 1001 nextjs
-
 # Create data directory for SQLite
-RUN mkdir -p /app/data && chown nextjs:nodejs /app/data
+RUN mkdir -p /app/data
 
 # Copy necessary files from builder
 COPY --from=builder /app/public ./public
@@ -56,12 +52,6 @@ COPY --from=builder /app/prisma ./prisma
 COPY --from=builder /app/node_modules/.prisma ./node_modules/.prisma
 COPY --from=builder /app/node_modules/@prisma ./node_modules/@prisma
 
-# Set correct ownership
-RUN chown -R nextjs:nodejs /app
-
-# Switch to non-root user
-USER nextjs
-
 # Expose port
 EXPOSE 3000
 
@@ -72,5 +62,5 @@ ENV HOSTNAME="0.0.0.0"
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
   CMD wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:3000 || exit 1
 
-# Start the server
+# Start the server (running as root)
 CMD ["node", "server.js"]