diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b130963..3ab0526 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ FROM thallian/confd-env:latest
 
 ENV VERSION v0.17.0-rc1
 
-RUN addgroup synapse
-RUN adduser -h /var/lib/synapse -D -G synapse synapse
+RUN addgroup -g 2222 synapse
+RUN adduser -h /var/lib/synapse -u 2222 -D -G synapse synapse
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
     openssl \
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/confd/conf.d/server.yaml.toml b/rootfs/etc/confd/conf.d/server.yaml.toml
index 8ba675c..ae80ed8 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/confd/conf.d/server.yaml.toml
+++ b/rootfs/etc/confd/conf.d/server.yaml.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [template]
 src = "server.yaml.tmpl"
-dest = "/var/lib/synapse/server.yaml"
\ No newline at end of file
+dest = "/var/lib/synapse/server.yaml"
+uid = 2222
+gid = 2222
+mode = "0644"