diff --git a/Application/backend/Dockerfile b/Application/backend/Dockerfile
index 03e53c452f94cade3e3c8515f35fda5915d715cb..84fe76c19db2045b478aee47a162eb6358093417 100644
--- a/Application/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/Application/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ COPY . .
 
 # Create a non-root user
 RUN addgroup -S appgroup && adduser -S appuser -G appgroup
+RUN chown -R appuser:appgroup /app
+
 USER appuser
 
 # Expose the port the app runs on