diff --git a/Proxd-man/Dockerfile b/Proxd-man/Dockerfile
index 9a6c430..b229ecd 100644
--- a/Proxd-man/Dockerfile
+++ b/Proxd-man/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime:9.0 AS base
-USER $APP_UID
 WORKDIR /app
 
+USER root
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y iputils-ping
 
+USER $APP_UID
+
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:9.0 AS build
 ARG BUILD_CONFIGURATION=Release
 WORKDIR /src