diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index aa9851932a..f351642402 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ RUN sed -i -e 's/# en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen \
 ENV LANG='en_US.UTF-8' \
     LC_ALL='en_US.UTF-8'
 
+RUN groupadd -r app \
+    && useradd -r -s /bin/false -g app app \
+    && mkdir -p /home/app \
+    && chown -R app:app /home/app
+
 # Install Python dependencies
 RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -q -U pip setuptools six
 RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -q spacy==2.1.4