diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a795af..15c6cef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ vendor
 bin/phpspec
 bin/php-cs-fixer
 composer.lock
+.composer
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 61610d9..2bcc5e1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 FROM php:8.1-cli
 
+ARG DEV_UID=1000
+
 RUN echo 'APT::Install-Recommends "0" ; APT::Install-Suggests "0" ;' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01-no-recommended && \
     echo 'path-exclude=/usr/share/man/*' > /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/path_exclusions && \
     echo 'path-exclude=/usr/share/doc/*' >> /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/path_exclusions && \
@@ -12,3 +14,5 @@ RUN echo 'APT::Install-Recommends "0" ; APT::Install-Suggests "0" ;' > /etc/apt/
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
 COPY --from=composer:2 /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer
+
+RUN useradd -u ${DEV_UID} appuser || echo "User exists" && usermod --uid ${DEV_UID} -d /opt/app appuser
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 09e4bcf..066b9f7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - ./:/opt/app
         working_dir: /opt/app
+        user: appuser