diff --git a/ansible/pre-deploy.yml b/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
index 912a23c..a401ca5 100644
--- a/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
+++ b/ansible/pre-deploy.yml
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
       template:
         src: "{{ item.src }}"
         dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
-        owner: dokku
-        group: dokku
+        owner: "{{ docker_user_uid }}"
+        group: "{{ docker_user_gid }}"
       with_items:
         - src: alertad.conf
           dest: /var/lib/alerta/alertad.conf
diff --git a/ansible/vars/all.yml b/ansible/vars/all.yml
index 2f1795b..276210b 100644
--- a/ansible/vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/vars/all.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ db_loc: "dokku-mongodb-alerta:27017"
 db_name: "alerta"
 db_type: "mongodb"
 db_user: "alerta"
+docker_user_gid: 0
+docker_user_uid: 1001
 domain: "alerta.autonomic.zone"
 http_port: "8080"
 keycloak_realm: "autonomic"