diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ea8a00d..dcf3b52 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 ARG ARGOCD_VERSION="v2.11.0"
 FROM argoproj/argocd:$ARGOCD_VERSION
+
 ARG SOPS_VERSION="3.8.1"
 ARG VALS_VERSION="0.37.1"
 ARG HELM_SECRETS_VERSION="4.6.0"
+ARG ARGOCD_USER_ID="999"
 # vals or sops
 ENV HELM_SECRETS_BACKEND="vals" \
     HELM_SECRETS_HELM_PATH=/usr/local/bin/helm \
@@ -33,6 +35,6 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/helmfile/vals/releases/download/v${VALS_VERSIO
 
 RUN ln -sf "$(helm env HELM_PLUGINS)/helm-secrets/scripts/wrapper/helm.sh" /usr/local/sbin/helm
 
-USER argocd
+USER ${ARGOCD_USER_ID}
 
 RUN helm plugin install --version ${HELM_SECRETS_VERSION} https://github.com/jkroepke/helm-secrets