diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f785a79..8a2aef5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@ FROM alpine:latest
 
 RUN apk --no-cache add --update git
 
+RUN useradd --create-home hoc
+WORKDIR /home/hoc
+
 # once we don't need a git binary anymore, this should be enough
 # FROM scratch
 # COPY --from=linuxkit/ca-certificates:v0.7 / /
 
-COPY --from=builder /home/rust/src/target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/hoc /hoc
+COPY --from=builder /home/rust/src/target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/hoc .
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/hoc"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/home/hoc/hoc"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 48c767d..856140c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
     # image: local/hoc:latest
     image: registry.gitlab.com/vbrandl/hoc:latest
     volumes:
-      - ./repos:/repos
-      - ./cache:/cache
+      - ./repos:/home/hoc/repos
+      - ./cache:/home/hoc/cache
     ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:8080:8080"