diff --git a/client/Java/examples/employee-dashboard-app/docker/Dockerfile b/client/Java/examples/employee-dashboard-app/docker/Dockerfile
index 4cd45c0d..3f808081 100644
--- a/client/Java/examples/employee-dashboard-app/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/client/Java/examples/employee-dashboard-app/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM eclipse-temurin:11-jdk-alpine as builder
-
+USER root
 WORKDIR /opt/app
 COPY .mvn/ .mvn
 COPY mvnw pom.xml ./
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ COPY src ./src
 RUN ./mvnw clean package -DskipTests
 
 FROM eclipse-temurin:11-jdk-alpine
+USER root
 WORKDIR /opt/app
 EXPOSE 8080
 COPY --from=builder /opt/app/target/*.jar /opt/app/*.jar
-ENTRYPOINT ["java","-jar","/opt/app/*.jar"]
\ No newline at end of file
+ENTRYPOINT ["java","-jar","/opt/app/*.jar"]
diff --git a/docker/build/Dockerfile b/docker/build/Dockerfile
index c4fcf103..2aebfb69 100644
--- a/docker/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/build/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM ubuntu:16.04 AS juno-base
-
+USER root
 RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -qq install -y \
 	cmake \
 	g++ \
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RUN tar xzvf go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/
 
 ######
 FROM juno-base as juno-dev-base
-
+USER root
 COPY /src/juno/third_party/rocksdb /vendor/src/rocksdb
 
 WORKDIR /vendor/src/rocksdb
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ WORKDIR /
 
 ######
 FROM juno-base as juno-dev
-
+USER root
 COPY --from=juno-dev-base /vendor/rocksdb/include /usr/local/include
 COPY --from=juno-dev-base /vendor/rocksdb/lib /usr/local/lib
 
 ######
 FROM juno-dev as builder 
-
+USER root
 COPY /src/juno /juno
 COPY /build.sh /build.sh