diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 4f8f5cf79..38657434d 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ lazy val apiDockerSettings = Seq(
   dockerExposedVolumes := Seq("/opt/docker/conf"), // mount extra config to the classpath
 
   // add extra libs to class path via mount
-  scriptClasspath in bashScriptDefines ~= (cp => cp :+ "/opt/docker/lib_extra/*"),
+  scriptClasspath in bashScriptDefines ~= (cp => cp :+ "${app_home}/../lib_extra/*"),
 
   // adds config file to mount
   bashScriptExtraDefines += """addJava "-Dconfig.file=${app_home}/../conf/application.conf"""",
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ lazy val apiDockerSettings = Seq(
   dockerCommands ++= Seq(
     Cmd("USER", "root"), // switch to root so we can install netcat
     ExecCmd("RUN", "apk", "add", "--update", "--no-cache", "netcat-openbsd", "bash"),
-    Cmd("USER", "daemon") // switch back to the daemon user
+    Cmd("USER", "1001:0") // switch back to the daemon user
   ),
   composeFile := baseDirectory.value.getAbsolutePath + "/../../docker/docker-compose.yml"
 )
@@ -148,21 +148,25 @@ lazy val portalDockerSettings = Seq(
   dockerExposedVolumes := Seq("/opt/docker/conf"), // mount extra config to the classpath
 
   // add extra libs to class path via mount
-  scriptClasspath in bashScriptDefines ~= (cp => cp :+ "/opt/docker/lib_extra/*"),
+  scriptClasspath in bashScriptDefines ~= (cp => cp :+ "${app_home}/../lib_extra/*"),
 
   // adds config file to mount
-  bashScriptExtraDefines += """addJava "-Dconfig.file=/opt/docker/conf/application.conf"""",
-  bashScriptExtraDefines += """addJava "-Dlogback.configurationFile=/opt/docker/conf/logback.xml"""",
+  bashScriptExtraDefines += """addJava "-Dconfig.file=${app_home}/../conf/application.conf"""",
+  bashScriptExtraDefines += """addJava "-Dlogback.configurationFile=${app_home}/../conf/logback.xml"""",
 
   // this is the default version, can be overridden
   bashScriptExtraDefines += s"""addJava "-Dvinyldns.base-version=${(version in ThisBuild).value}"""",
 
+  // needed to avoid access issue in play for the RUNNING_PID
+  // https://github.com/lightbend/sbt-reactive-app/issues/177
+  bashScriptExtraDefines += s"""addJava "-Dplay.server.pidfile.path=/dev/null"""",
+
   // wait for mysql
-  bashScriptExtraDefines += "(cd /opt/docker/ && ./wait-for-dependencies.sh && cd -)",
+  bashScriptExtraDefines += "(cd ${app_home}/../ && ls && ./wait-for-dependencies.sh && cd -)",
   dockerCommands ++= Seq(
     Cmd("USER", "root"), // switch to root so we can install netcat
     ExecCmd("RUN", "apk", "add", "--update", "--no-cache", "netcat-openbsd", "bash"),
-    Cmd("USER", "daemon") // switch back to the daemon user
+    Cmd("USER", "1001:0") // switch back to the user that runs the process
   ),
 
   credentials in Docker := Seq(Credentials(Path.userHome / ".ivy2" / ".dockerCredentials"))
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index f519e024b..d5e86f62b 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("io.github.davidmweber" % "flyway-sbt" % "5.0.0")
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.wartremover" % "sbt-wartremover" % "2.3.7")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-native-packager" % "1.3.23")
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-native-packager" % "1.3.25")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.tapad" % "sbt-docker-compose" % "1.0.34")