diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1dbc480..1c25790 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+ARG uid=1000
 FROM alpine:edge
 
 RUN apk update
 RUN apk add inkscape
 RUN apk add git
 RUN apk add shadow 
-RUN useradd -m aleta -d /var/lib/aleta
+RUN useradd -m aleta -d /var/lib/aleta -u $uid
 RUN apk add bash
 RUN apk add parallel
 COPY generate_release.sh /var/lib/aleta/
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index d62ccab..e52182b 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ build() {
         rm -rf output
     fi
     mkdir output
-    docker build --no-cache -t aletareleaser:latest .
+    docker build --no-cache -t aletareleaser:latest .  --build-arg uid=$(getent passwd $(whoami) | awk -F: '{ print $3 }')
     docker run -v $(realpath output):/var/lib/aleta/output --rm aletareleaser
 }