diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 47b9aab..8bf6cef 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:xenial
 
 RUN set -x && \
     apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y software-properties-common && \
+    apt-get install -y software-properties-common sudo && \
     apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xF1656F24C74CD1D8 && \
     add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64] http://nyc2.mirrors.digitalocean.com/mariadb/repo/10.2/ubuntu xenial main' && \
     apt-get update && \
@@ -23,5 +23,3 @@ EXPOSE 3306
 ENTRYPOINT ["/start"]
 
 VOLUME /var/lib/mysql
-
-USER mysql
diff --git a/start b/start
index 1687121..f046afe 100755
--- a/start
+++ b/start
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ export MYSQL_PORT
 chown -R mysql:mysql /var/run/mysqld /var/lib/mysql
 
 if [ ! -d /var/lib/mysql/mysql ] ; then
-    /usr/bin/mysql_install_db
+    sudo -Hu mysql /usr/bin/mysql_install_db
 fi
 
-exec /usr/sbin/mysqld \
+exec sudo -Hu mysql /usr/sbin/mysqld \
     --basedir=/usr \
-    --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
+    --datadir=/var/lib/mysql \
     --plugin-dir=/usr/lib/mysql/plugin \
     --user=mysql \
     --log-error=/var/log/mysql/error.log \