diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index b738158..4275406 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
   && pip install --no-cache-dir -r /requirements.txt \
   && pip install --no-cache-dir gunicorn==$GUNICORN_VERSION \
   && groupadd ${APP_USER} \
-  && useradd -m -G ${APP_USER} ${APP_USER} \
+  && useradd -g ${APP_USER} ${APP_USER} \
   && mkdir -p /code/static \
   && mkdir -p /code/media \
   && mkdir -p /code/static_cdn \