diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d76635f49cd31a8fac74316d6fa7d140675af7f0..a1eee810b456c0f11075a7c0e5858e233eb2014a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -58,8 +58,12 @@ WORKDIR /home/faircoin/faircoin/src
 RUN mv ./faircoind /home/faircoin/faircoind
 RUN mv ./faircoin-cli /home/faircoin/faircoin-cli
 
-ARG FAIRCOIN_CONF
+
+RUN mkdir -p /home/faircoin/.faircoin2
+RUN chown -R faircoin:faircoin /home/faircoin/.faircoin2
+
 WORKDIR /home/faircoin
+ARG FAIRCOIN_CONF
 RUN ./faircoind -daemon -disablewallet -reindex -conf="$FAIRCOIN_CONF" && \
     sleep 60 && \
     ./faircoin-cli stop && \