diff --git a/roles/docker_pretix/tasks/main.yml b/roles/docker_pretix/tasks/main.yml
index fd8fc24..138ab1a 100644
--- a/roles/docker_pretix/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker_pretix/tasks/main.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "{{ item }}"
     state: directory
-    owner: root #this is the ID Pretix uses
-    group: root
+    owner: 1137 #this is the ID Pretix uses
+    group: 1337
     mode: '0750'
     recurse: true
   with_items:
diff --git a/roles/docker_pretix/templates/pretix-db.service.j2 b/roles/docker_pretix/templates/pretix-db.service.j2
index 3a3619b..f8747e3 100644
--- a/roles/docker_pretix/templates/pretix-db.service.j2
+++ b/roles/docker_pretix/templates/pretix-db.service.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Requires=docker.service
 
 [Service]
 ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker rm --force {{ pretix_db_container_name }}
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run --name {{ pretix_db_container_name }} --network pretix --label com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable={WATCHTOWER_ENABLED} \
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run --name {{ pretix_db_container_name }} --user 1337:1337 --network pretix --label com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable={WATCHTOWER_ENABLED} \
          -v {{ docker_volumes_dir }}/pretix/postgres-db:/var/lib/postgresql/data --env-file {{ docker_volumes_dir }}/pretix/pretix-db.env postgres:15
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker stop {{ pretix_db_container_name }}
 Restart=always