diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 94346edcf..0ce08eda7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -56,10 +56,7 @@ RUN ln -s $HOME/bin/pleroma_ctl /bin/akkoma_ctl
 
 ADD docker-entrypoint.sh $HOME/docker-entrypoint.sh
 
-RUN adduser --system --home $HOME akkoma
-USER akkoma
-
-ENV AKKOMA_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/akkoma/config/config.exs
+ENV AKKOMA_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/akkoma/config/prod.secret.exs
 VOLUME uploads /opt/akkoma/uploads
 VOLUME instance /opt/akkoma/instance
 VOLUME config /opt/akkoma/config
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1b40f9086..57fe1457e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ services:
     image: postgres:16-alpine
     shm_size: 4gb
     restart: unless-stopped
+    env_file:
+      - .env 
     environment: {
       # This might seem insecure but is usually not a problem.
       # You should leave this at the "akkoma" default.
@@ -14,13 +16,14 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_USER: akkoma,
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: akkoma,
     }
+    user: ${DOCKER_USER}
     volumes:
       - ./pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data:z
 
-
   akkoma:
     image: akkoma/akkoma:next
     restart: unless-stopped
+    user: ${DOCKER_USER}
     links:
       - db
     ports: [
@@ -34,9 +37,9 @@ services:
       "127.0.0.1:4000:4000",
     ]
     volumes:
-      - ./config:/opt/akkoma/config:z
-      - ./uploads:/opt/akkoma/uploads:z
-      - ./instance:/opt/akkoma/instance:z
+      - ./config:/opt/akkoma/config
+      - ./uploads:/opt/akkoma/uploads
+      - ./instance:/opt/akkoma/instance
 
   # Copy this into docker-compose.override.yml and uncomment there if you want to use a reverse proxy
   #proxy:
diff --git a/docker-resources/generate-instance.sh b/docker-resources/generate-instance.sh
index 387975100..949ed1b6f 100755
--- a/docker-resources/generate-instance.sh
+++ b/docker-resources/generate-instance.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 mkdir -p pgdata
-mkdir -p docker-setup-tmp
 
 # This is sorta special in that we need the generated_config.exs to make it onto the host
 # We can also automate the DB setup here!
@@ -22,6 +21,6 @@ docker compose start db
 docker compose run \
     --rm \
     -e "PGPASSWORD=akkoma" \
-    -v "$(pwd)/docker-setup-tmp/setup_db.psql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/setup_db.sql" \
+    -v "$(pwd)/config:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d" \
     db