diff --git a/docker/env_file b/docker/env_file
index 9d410fb26..bca5d8385 100644
--- a/docker/env_file
+++ b/docker/env_file
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 PANDIR=/var/panoptes
 POCS=/var/panoptes/POCS
 PANLOG=/var/panoptes/logs
+LOCAL_USER_ID=1000