diff --git a/github/actions/self-hosted-runner/dockerfile b/github/actions/self-hosted-runner/dockerfile
index 457265ae3..b270f53c5 100644
--- a/github/actions/self-hosted-runner/dockerfile
+++ b/github/actions/self-hosted-runner/dockerfile
@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ RUN useradd -m github && \
   usermod -aG sudo github && \
   echo "%sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
 
-USER github
+
 WORKDIR /actions-runner
+RUN chown github .
+USER github
+
 RUN curl -Ls https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v${RUNNER_VERSION}/actions-runner-linux-x64-${RUNNER_VERSION}.tar.gz | tar xz \
   && sudo ./bin/installdependencies.sh
 
@@ -43,4 +46,4 @@ RUN sudo chmod u+x /actions-runner/entrypoint.sh
 #working folder for the runner 
 RUN sudo mkdir /work 
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/actions-runner/entrypoint.sh"]
\ No newline at end of file
+ENTRYPOINT ["/actions-runner/entrypoint.sh"]