diff --git a/dockerfile b/dockerfile
index c48a44e3..58898133 100644
--- a/dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfile
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
  && apt-get clean \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+RUN groupadd -r appuser && \
+    useradd -r -g appuser -u 1000 -m -d /home/appuser -s /bin/bash appuser
+
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY requirements.txt ./
@@ -16,10 +19,19 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 COPY GUI/requirements.txt ./GUI/requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r GUI/requirements.txt
 
-COPY . .
+COPY . . 
+
+RUN mkdir -p /app/Video /app/logs /app/data \
+             /home/appuser/.local/bin/binary \
+             /home/appuser/.config && \
+    chown -R appuser:appuser /app /home/appuser && \
+    chmod -R 755 /app /home/appuser
+
+USER appuser
 
-ENV PYTHONPATH="/app:${PYTHONPATH}"
+ENV PYTHONPATH="/app: ${PYTHONPATH}" \
+    HOME=/home/appuser
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
-CMD ["python", "GUI/manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
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+CMD ["python", "GUI/manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000"]