diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e41b7d5843d5a31d0aa47ed4afde4e7423b0b82f..34714ff57a0213640ac70e9f06f18eb5c9bb3795 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ COPY . .
 
 VOLUME ["/app"]
 
-RUN adduser --home /app --no-create-home --system --uid ${AURA_UID} --group app
-RUN mkdir -p /app/logs
-RUN chown -R app:app /app
-
-USER app
-
 # run with Django's development server
 CMD ["run.dev"]
 
@@ -37,6 +31,12 @@ FROM base AS prod
 
 COPY . .
 
+RUN adduser --home /app --no-create-home --system --uid ${AURA_UID} --group app
+RUN mkdir -p /app/logs
+RUN mkdir -p /app/static/admin
+RUN chown -R app:app /app
+
+USER app
 # run with gunicorn
 CMD ["run.prod"]