diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0f4ecfd36..0d5951dee 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN yarn install
 COPY --from=builder /app/out/full/ .
 COPY turbo.json turbo.json
 COPY replace-env-vars.sh /usr/local/bin/
-USER root
+
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/replace-env-vars.sh
 
 RUN yarn turbo run build
@@ -89,21 +89,17 @@ RUN chmod -R 777 /code
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Don't run production as root
-RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 plane
-RUN adduser --system --uid 1001 captain
-
 COPY --from=installer /app/apps/app/next.config.js .
 COPY --from=installer /app/apps/app/package.json .
 COPY --from=installer /app/apps/space/next.config.js .
 COPY --from=installer /app/apps/space/package.json .
 
-COPY --from=installer --chown=captain:plane /app/apps/app/.next/standalone ./
+COPY --from=installer /app/apps/app/.next/standalone ./
 
-COPY --from=installer --chown=captain:plane /app/apps/app/.next/static ./apps/app/.next/static
+COPY --from=installer /app/apps/app/.next/static ./apps/app/.next/static
 
-COPY --from=installer --chown=captain:plane /app/apps/space/.next/standalone ./
-COPY --from=installer --chown=captain:plane /app/apps/space/.next ./apps/space/.next
+COPY --from=installer /app/apps/space/.next/standalone ./
+COPY --from=installer /app/apps/space/.next ./apps/space/.next
 
 ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED 1
 
@@ -118,7 +114,6 @@ ARG NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8000
 ENV NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL=$NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL \
     BUILT_NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL=$NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL
 
-USER root
 COPY replace-env-vars.sh /usr/local/bin/
 COPY start.sh /usr/local/bin/
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/replace-env-vars.sh
diff --git a/apiserver/Dockerfile.api b/apiserver/Dockerfile.api
index 34a50334a..31124c8f5 100644
--- a/apiserver/Dockerfile.api
+++ b/apiserver/Dockerfile.api
@@ -32,28 +32,18 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps \
     apk del .build-deps
 
 
-RUN addgroup -S plane && \
-    adduser -S captain -G plane
-
-RUN chown captain.plane /code
-
-USER captain
-
 # Add in Django deps and generate Django's static files
 COPY manage.py manage.py
 COPY plane plane/
 COPY templates templates/
 COPY package.json package.json
-USER root
+
 RUN apk --no-cache add "bash~=5.2"
 COPY ./bin ./bin/
 
 RUN mkdir -p /code/plane/logs
 RUN chmod +x ./bin/takeoff ./bin/worker ./bin/beat
 RUN chmod -R 777 /code
-RUN chown -R captain:plane /code
-
-USER captain
 
 # Expose container port and run entry point script
 EXPOSE 8000
diff --git a/apiserver/Dockerfile.dev b/apiserver/Dockerfile.dev
index 06f15231c..6a225fec3 100644
--- a/apiserver/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/apiserver/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -30,17 +30,13 @@ ADD requirements ./requirements
 # Install the local development settings
 RUN pip install -r requirements/local.txt --compile --no-cache-dir
 
-RUN addgroup -S plane && \
-    adduser -S captain -G plane
 
 COPY . .
 
 RUN mkdir -p /code/plane/logs
-RUN chown -R captain.plane /code
 RUN chmod -R +x /code/bin
 RUN chmod -R 777 /code
 
-USER captain
 
 # Expose container port and run entry point script
 EXPOSE 8000
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/settings/production.py b/apiserver/plane/settings/production.py
index caf6804a3..c56222c67 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/settings/production.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/settings/production.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from .common import *  # noqa
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = int(os.environ.get("DEBUG", 0)) == 1
-DEBUG = True
+
 # Honor the 'X-Forwarded-Proto' header for request.is_secure()
 SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO", "https")
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ LOG_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "logs")  # noqa
 if not os.path.exists(LOG_DIR):
     os.makedirs(LOG_DIR)
 
-
+# Logging configuration
 LOGGING = {
     "version": 1,
     "disable_existing_loggers": False,
diff --git a/space/Dockerfile.space b/space/Dockerfile.space
index 12c309134..6e2bfd065 100644
--- a/space/Dockerfile.space
+++ b/space/Dockerfile.space
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ RUN yarn install --network-timeout 500000
 
 COPY --from=builder /app/out/full/ .
 COPY turbo.json turbo.json
-USER root
 
 ARG NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL=""
 ARG NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_WITH_NGINX=1
@@ -32,17 +31,13 @@ RUN yarn turbo run build --filter=space
 FROM node:18-alpine AS runner
 WORKDIR /app
 
-RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 plane
-RUN adduser --system --uid 1001 captain
-USER captain
-
 COPY --from=installer /app/space/next.config.js .
 COPY --from=installer /app/space/package.json .
 
-COPY --from=installer --chown=captain:plane /app/space/.next/standalone ./
+COPY --from=installer  /app/space/.next/standalone ./
 
-COPY --from=installer --chown=captain:plane /app/space/.next ./space/.next
-COPY --from=installer --chown=captain:plane /app/space/public ./space/public
+COPY --from=installer /app/space/.next ./space/.next
+COPY --from=installer /app/space/public ./space/public
 
 ARG NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL=""
 ARG NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_WITH_NGINX=1
@@ -50,11 +45,9 @@ ARG NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_WITH_NGINX=1
 ENV NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL=$NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL 
 ENV NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_WITH_NGINX=$NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_WITH_NGINX
 
-USER root
 COPY start.sh /usr/local/bin/
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/start.sh
 
-USER captain
 
 ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED 1
 
diff --git a/web/Dockerfile.web b/web/Dockerfile.web
index e0d525c2c..5490fb0da 100644
--- a/web/Dockerfile.web
+++ b/web/Dockerfile.web
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ RUN yarn install --network-timeout 500000
 # Build the project
 COPY --from=builder /app/out/full/ .
 COPY turbo.json turbo.json
-USER root
+
 ENV NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL=$NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL
 ENV NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_URL=$NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_URL
 
@@ -46,31 +46,23 @@ RUN yarn turbo run build --filter=web
 FROM node:18-alpine AS runner
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Don't run production as root
-RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 plane
-RUN adduser --system --uid 1001 captain
-USER captain
-
 COPY --from=installer /app/web/next.config.js .
 COPY --from=installer /app/web/package.json .
 
 # Automatically leverage output traces to reduce image size
 # https://nextjs.org/docs/advanced-features/output-file-tracing
-COPY --from=installer --chown=captain:plane /app/web/.next/standalone ./
-COPY --from=installer --chown=captain:plane /app/web/.next ./web/.next
-COPY --from=installer --chown=captain:plane /app/web/public ./web/public
+COPY --from=installer /app/web/.next/standalone ./
+COPY --from=installer /app/web/.next ./web/.next
+COPY --from=installer /app/web/public ./web/public
 
 ARG NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL=""
 ARG NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_URL=""
 ENV NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL=$NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL
 ENV NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_URL=$NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_URL
 
-USER root
 COPY start.sh /usr/local/bin/
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/start.sh
 
-USER captain
-
 ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED 1
 
 EXPOSE 3000