diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 956903b..a8816a5 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ if ! sleep 0 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	>&2 echo "WARNING: clock_nanosleep or clock_nanosleep_time64 is not available on the system"
 fi
 
+export ATLAS_UID="${ATLAS_UID:-101}"
+export ATLAS_GID="${ATLAS_GID:-999}"
+
+usermod -u $ATLAS_UID atlas
+groupmod -g $ATLAS_GID atlas
+chown -R atlas:atlas /var/atlas-probe
+chown -R atlas:atlas /var/atlasdata
+
 # create essential files and fix permission
 mkdir -p /var/atlas-probe/status
 chown -R atlas:atlas /var/atlas-probe/status