diff --git a/docker/RO/Dockerfile b/docker/RO/Dockerfile
index 4e7d548889cc74e07dd079ff43921eb9baa9cef5..eed0575f21577503465b4d162a602762a0f57c49 100644
--- a/docker/RO/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/RO/Dockerfile
@@ -91,10 +91,21 @@ COPY --from=INSTALL /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages  /usr/local/lib/pytho
 COPY --from=INSTALL /usr/bin/genisoimage /usr/bin/genisoimage
 COPY --from=INSTALL /etc/protocols /etc/protocols
 
-VOLUME /var/log/osm
-
 EXPOSE 9090
 
+# Creating the user for the app
+RUN groupadd -g 1000 appuser && \
+    useradd -u 1000 -g 1000 -d /app appuser && \
+    mkdir -p /app/osm_ro && \
+    mkdir -p /app/storage/kafka && \
+    mkdir /app/log && \
+    chown -R appuser:appuser /app
+
+WORKDIR /app/osm_ro
+
+# Changing the security context
+USER appuser
+
 # Two mysql databases are needed (DB and DB_OVIM). Can be hosted on same or separated containers
 # These ENV must be provided
 ENV RO_DB_HOST=""
@@ -136,4 +147,3 @@ HEALTHCHECK --start-period=130s --interval=10s --timeout=5s --retries=12 \
   CMD curl --silent --fail http://localhost:9090/ro || exit 1
 
 CMD ["python3", "-u", "-m", "osm_ng_ro.ro_main"]
-
diff --git a/installers/docker/osm_pods/ro.yaml b/installers/docker/osm_pods/ro.yaml
index a8a6d7eb899aebaf4912da2a430c33f1c96f2ab5..a66be6d97d46be8c427e8b3a7e6346a058f9a226 100644
--- a/installers/docker/osm_pods/ro.yaml
+++ b/installers/docker/osm_pods/ro.yaml
@@ -62,4 +62,3 @@ spec:
         envFrom:
         - secretRef:
            name: ro-secret
-