diff --git a/docker/LCM/Dockerfile b/docker/LCM/Dockerfile
index 03907d7..99c198f 100644
--- a/docker/LCM/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/LCM/Dockerfile
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     && mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin/helm3 \
     && rm -r linux-amd64/
 
+
 ARG PYTHON3_OSM_COMMON_URL
 ARG PYTHON3_OSM_LCM_URL
 ARG PYTHON3_N2VC_URL
@@ -95,23 +96,15 @@
 COPY --from=INSTALL /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
 COPY --from=INSTALL /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
 
-COPY scripts/ /app/osm_lcm/scripts/
-
-# Creating the user for the app
-RUN groupadd -g 1000 appuser && \
-    useradd -u 1000 -g 1000 -d /app appuser && \
-    mkdir -p /app/osm_lcm && \
-    mkdir -p /app/storage/kafka && \
-    mkdir /app/log && \
-    chown -R appuser:appuser /app
-
-WORKDIR /app/osm_lcm
-
-# Changing the security context
-USER appuser
+COPY scripts/ scripts/
 
 ########################################################################
 
+# Used for local storage
+VOLUME /app/storage
+# Used for logs
+VOLUME /app/log
+
 # The following ENV can be added with "docker run -e xxx' to configure LCM
 ENV OSMLCM_RO_HOST         ro
 ENV OSMLCM_RO_PORT         9090
@@ -158,5 +151,7 @@
 HEALTHCHECK --start-period=120s --interval=30s --timeout=30s --retries=1 \
   CMD python3 -m osm_lcm.lcm_hc || exit 1
 
+
 # Run app.py when the container launches
 CMD [ "/bin/bash", "scripts/start.sh" ]
+
diff --git a/installers/docker/osm_pods/lcm.yaml b/installers/docker/osm_pods/lcm.yaml
index 5f34c0d..2628408 100644
--- a/installers/docker/osm_pods/lcm.yaml
+++ b/installers/docker/osm_pods/lcm.yaml
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@
       labels:
         app: lcm
     spec:
-      securityContext:
-        runAsUser: 1000
-        runAsGroup: 1000
-        fsGroup: 1000
       initContainers:
        - name: kafka-ro-mongo-test
          image: alpine:latest
@@ -58,4 +54,16 @@
           value: mongodb://mongodb-k8s:27017/?replicaSet=rs0
         envFrom:
         - secretRef:
-            name: lcm-secret
+           name: lcm-secret
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: osm-packages
+          mountPath: /app/storage
+        - name: prometheus-config
+          mountPath: /etc/prometheus
+      volumes:
+      - name: osm-packages
+        hostPath:
+         path: /var/lib/osm/osm_osm_packages/_data
+      - name: prometheus-config
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/lib/osm/prometheus