diff --git a/aurral/Dockerfile b/aurral/Dockerfile
index 9b4484c7b0..4aee05c4f2 100644
--- a/aurral/Dockerfile
+++ b/aurral/Dockerfile
@@ -18,12 +18,9 @@ LABEL \
 
 ENV AURRAL_DATA_DIR=/config/data \
     DOWNLOAD_FOLDER=/share/aurral/downloads \
-    WEEKLY_FLOW_FOLDER=/share/aurral/downloads/weekly-flow
-
-# Pre-create the image-proxy directory at build time and give ownership to
-# the node user that the upstream image runs the process as.
-RUN mkdir -p /app/backend/data/image-proxy \
- && chown -R node:node /app/backend/data
+    WEEKLY_FLOW_FOLDER=/share/aurral/downloads/weekly-flow \
+    PUID=0 \
+    PGID=0
 
 COPY rootfs /