diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6e1b6fa..71b8bc5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,8 +6,20 @@ RUN echo "http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.10/community" >> /etc/apk/repo
 #RUN apk add --no-cache gcc libc-dev libffi-dev openssl openssl-dev python3-dev
 RUN apk add --no-cache openrc apache2 apache2-utils apache2-webdav mod_dav_svn subversion
 
+# add user that will be used to install and run the application
+RUN addgroup -g 1000 deploy
+RUN adduser -D -u 1000 -G deploy deploy
+
+# add svn configuration
 ADD dav_svn.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/dav_svn.conf
 
+# create writable directory for dav lock file
+RUN mkdir /var/lib/dav/
+RUN chown deploy:deploy /var/lib/dav/
+
+# apache should run as user deploy
+RUN sed -r 's/(User|Group) apache/\1 deploy/' /etc/apache2/httpd.conf > /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
+
 RUN openrc
 RUN touch /run/openrc/softlevel
 RUN rc-update add apache2
diff --git a/dav_svn.conf b/dav_svn.conf
index cc3a819..a508a5c 100644
--- a/dav_svn.conf
+++ b/dav_svn.conf
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-LoadModule dav_svn_module /usr/lib/apache2/mod_dav_svn.so
-LoadModule authz_svn_module /usr/lib/apache2/mod_authz_svn.so
-
-<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:8000>
-    <Location />
-        DAV svn
-        SVNParentPath /data
-        SVNListParentPath On
-
-        SVNAutoversioning on
-        ModMimeUsePathInfo on
-
-        AuthType Basic
-        AuthName "svn"
-        AuthUserFile /data/.htpasswd
-        AuthzSVNAccessFile /data/authz
-        Require valid-user
-    </Location>
+LoadModule dav_svn_module /usr/lib/apache2/mod_dav_svn.so
+LoadModule authz_svn_module /usr/lib/apache2/mod_authz_svn.so
+
+<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:8000>
+    <Location />
+        DAV svn
+        SVNParentPath /data
+        SVNListParentPath On
+
+        SVNAutoversioning on
+        ModMimeUsePathInfo on
+
+        AuthType Basic
+        AuthName "svn"
+        AuthUserFile /data/.htpasswd
+        AuthzSVNAccessFile /data/authz
+        Require valid-user
+    </Location>
 </VirtualHost>
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