diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 894df6f..273f9d7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN sha=$(curl -L -s http://hugealice.nem.ninja:7890/transaction/get?hash=$(curl
 
 RUN tar zxf nis-0.6.100.tgz
 
-RUN useradd --uid 1000 nem
+RUN useradd nem
 RUN mkdir -p /home/nem/nem/ncc/
 RUN mkdir -p /home/nem/nem/nis/
 RUN chown nem /home/nem/nem -R
diff --git a/boot.sh b/boot.sh
index 9e881d1..0bf89a6 100755
--- a/boot.sh
+++ b/boot.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ config_file=$PWD/custom-configs/supervisord.conf
 
 mkdir -p $PWD/nem/ncc
 mkdir -p $PWD/nem/nis
-chown -R 1000 nem
+chown -R nem
 
 
 docker run --restart always --name mynem_container -v ${PWD}/nem:/home/nem/nem $config_mounts -t -d  -p 7777:7777 -p 7778:7778 -p 7880:7880 -p 7890:7890 -p 8989:8989 mynem_image