diff --git a/build_and_push.Dockerfile b/build_and_push.Dockerfile
index 3e9e18dab..f5378743b 100644
--- a/build_and_push.Dockerfile
+++ b/build_and_push.Dockerfile
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ RUN $POETRY_HOME/bin/poetry build
 
 # Copy virtual environment and built .tar.gz from builder base
 RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
+RUN chown -R user:user /app
 USER user
 # Install the package from the .tar.gz
 RUN python -m pip install /app/dist/*.tar.gz
diff --git a/build_and_push_base.Dockerfile b/build_and_push_base.Dockerfile
index 2c7cc2a07..bef6cc3ba 100644
--- a/build_and_push_base.Dockerfile
+++ b/build_and_push_base.Dockerfile
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ RUN cd src/backend/base && $POETRY_HOME/bin/poetry build
 
 # Copy virtual environment and built .tar.gz from builder base
 RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
+RUN chown -R user:user /app
 USER user
 # Install the package from the .tar.gz
 RUN python -m pip install /app/src/backend/base/dist/*.tar.gz
diff --git a/docker_example/pre.docker-compose.yml b/docker_example/pre.docker-compose.yml
index b2fa00903..229221fff 100644
--- a/docker_example/pre.docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker_example/pre.docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ services:
     environment:
       - LANGFLOW_DATABASE_URL=postgresql://langflow:langflow@postgres:5432/langflow
       # This variable defines where the logs, file storage, monitor data and secret keys are stored.
-      - LANGFLOW_CONFIG_DIR=/var/lib/langflow
+      - LANGFLOW_CONFIG_DIR=app/langflow
     volumes:
-      - langflow-data:/var/lib/langflow
+      - langflow-data:app/langflow
 
   postgres:
     image: postgres:16