diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0e9389e8..10741bd5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ RUN gdal-config --version | awk -F'[.]' '{print $1"."$2}'
 COPY setup.py .
 COPY requirements.txt .
 COPY README.md .
-RUN pip install --user --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip \
-    && pip install --user --no-cache-dir GDAL=="$(gdal-config --version)" \
-    && pip install --user --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt \
-    && pip install --user --no-cache-dir -e .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip \
+    && pip install --no-cache-dir GDAL=="$(gdal-config --version)" \
+    && pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt \
+    && pip install --no-cache-dir -e .
 
 FROM base as runner
-WORKDIR /home/appuser
+WORKDIR /root  # Change the working directory to /root
 ENV PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
-ENV PATH="/home/appuser/.local/bin:$PATH"
-ENV PYTHON_LIB="/home/appuser/.local/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages"
+ENV PATH="/root/.local/bin:$PATH"
+ENV PYTHON_LIB="/root/.local/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages"
 
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get -y upgrade \
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-COPY --from=builder /root/.local /home/appuser/.local
 COPY README.md .
 COPY config.txt.sample ./config.txt
 COPY setup.py .
@@ -50,16 +49,15 @@ COPY src/ ./src/
 FROM ghcr.io/hotosm/tippecanoe:main as tippecanoe-builder
 
 FROM runner as prod
-USER root
+# USER root  # Change the user to root
 
 # Copy tippecanoe binaries from the tippecanoe stage
 COPY --from=tippecanoe-builder /usr/local/bin/tippecanoe* /usr/local/bin/
 COPY --from=tippecanoe-builder /usr/local/bin/tile-join /usr/local/bin/
 
-RUN useradd --system --uid 900 --home-dir /home/appuser --shell /bin/false appuser \
-    && chown -R appuser:appuser /home/appuser
-
-# USER appuser
+# Remove the useradd and chown commands related to appuser
+# RUN useradd --system --uid 900 --home-dir /home/appuser --shell /bin/false appuser \
+#     && chown -R appuser:appuser /home/appuser
 
 #CMD ["/bin/bash"]
 CMD ["uvicorn", "API.main:app", "--reload", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000", "--no-use-colors", "--proxy-headers"]