diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6ddb296..ebfcd8c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY --from=build /app/datum_gateway /app
 
+RUN adduser --disabled-password --no-create-home --gecos "" datum
+
+USER datum
+
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source https://github.com/retropex/datum-docker
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description Datum in a container