diff --git a/jupyterhub_config.py b/jupyterhub_config.py
index 490ca1485d6631301cd4cd0a9d7414262d8b2541..77568111a75ce756afce40da23cb59ff1670abbb 100644
--- a/jupyterhub_config.py
+++ b/jupyterhub_config.py
@@ -1140,8 +1140,13 @@ c.DockerSpawner.notebook_dir = notebook_dir
 # notebook directory in the container
 c.DockerSpawner.volumes = {"/cache/jupyterhub/users/{username}": notebook_dir}
 
+c.DockerSpawner.extra_create_kwargs = {
+    "user": "root" # Can also be an integer UID
+}
+
 c.SwarmSpawner.environment = {
-    'NB_UID': 8963
+    'NB_UID': 8963,
+    'NB_GID': 8963,
 }
 
 # Remove containers once they are stopped