diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b131f5c..ee046ea 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,5 +24,8 @@ RUN sed -i.bak -r 's/(User|Group) apache/\1 deploy/' /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
 COPY httpd-foreground /usr/local/bin/
 RUN chown deploy:deploy /usr/local/bin/httpd-foreground
 
+# setup the right permissions for deploy user
+RUN chown -R deploy:deploy /var/www/
+
 USER deploy
 CMD ["httpd-foreground"]
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