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@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 FROM python:3.9
 
+# Create a user and switch to it
+RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash appuser
+
+# Set working directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install required Python packages
@@ -9,26 +13,22 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r requirements.txt
 # Copy application code
 COPY app/ app/
 
-# Create directories for the Hugging Face cache and application data
+# Create necessary directories and adjust ownership
 RUN mkdir -p /app/cache && \
     mkdir -p /app/app/vector_store && \
     mkdir -p /app/app/uploads && \
     mkdir -p /app/app/log_dir && \
-    mkdir -p /app/app/models && \
+    mkdir -p /app/app/models/models--sentence-transformers--all-MiniLM-L6-v2 && \
     # Adjust ownership to allow writing
-    chown -R nobody:nogroup /app/cache && \
-    chown -R nobody:nogroup /app/app
-
-    WORKDIR /app
-
-    RUN mkdir -p app/app/models/models--sentence-transformers--all-MiniLM-L6-v2 && \
-        chmod -R 777 app/app/models/models--sentence-transformers--all-MiniLM-L6-v2
+    chown -R appuser:appuser /app/cache && \
+    chown -R appuser:appuser /app/app && \
+    chmod -R 777 /app/app/models/models--sentence-transformers--all-MiniLM-L6-v2
 
 # Set environment variable for Hugging Face cache
 ENV HF_HOME=/app/cache
 
-# Set to a non-root user
-USER nobody
+# Switch to non-root user
+# USER appuser
 
 # Define volumes for data persistence
 VOLUME /app/app/vector_store
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ VOLUME /app/app/uploads
 VOLUME /app/app/log_dir
 VOLUME /app/app/models
 VOLUME /app/cache
-VOLUME /app/app/models/models--sentence-transformers--all-MiniLM-L6-v2
 
 # Command to run the application
 CMD ["uvicorn", "app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"]