diff --git a/.github/workflows/BuildDockerOnTag-Release.yml b/.github/workflows/BuildDockerOnTag-Release.yml
index 118ce75..33d54c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/BuildDockerOnTag-Release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/BuildDockerOnTag-Release.yml
@@ -59,5 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
           push: true
           tags: |
+            gaseousgames/gaseousserver:latest-embeddeddb
             gaseousgames/gaseousserver:${{ github.ref_name}}-embeddeddb
+            ghcr.io/gaseous-project/gaseousserver:latest-embeddeddb
             ghcr.io/gaseous-project/gaseousserver:${{ github.ref_name}}-embeddeddb
diff --git a/build/Dockerfile-EmbeddedDB b/build/Dockerfile-EmbeddedDB
index b738eaf..cd2f4a1 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile-EmbeddedDB
+++ b/build/Dockerfile-EmbeddedDB
@@ -54,8 +54,28 @@ COPY ../build/supervisord.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf
 # clean up apt-get
 RUN apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
 
+# set user name
+ENV USER=gaseous
+ENV GROUP=gaseous
+
+# configure user
+ENV PUID=1000
+ENV PGID=1000
+RUN groupadd -g $PGID $USER
+RUN useradd -u $PUID -g $GROUP -m $USER -G sudo 
+RUN usermod -p "*" $USER
+
+# create home directory
+RUN mkdir -p /home/$USER/.gaseous-server /var/lib/mysql
+
+# set permissions
+RUN chown -R $USER:$GROUP /App /home/$USER/.gaseous-server /var/lib/mysql /run/mysqld
+
+# switch to user
+USER $USER
+
 # volumes
-VOLUME /root/.gaseous-server /var/lib/mysql
+VOLUME /home/$USER/.gaseous-server /var/lib/mysql
 
 # start services
 CMD ["/usr/bin/supervisord", "-c", "/etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf"]
diff --git a/build/mariadb.sh b/build/mariadb.sh
index 9851661..5db51b7 100644
--- a/build/mariadb.sh
+++ b/build/mariadb.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Wait for the service to start
-while ! mysqladmin ping -h localhost --silent; do
-    sleep 1
-done
+# start the database server without network or grant tables
+/usr/sbin/mariadbd --datadir=/var/lib/mysql  --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking &
 
-# Set the root password
-mariadb -e "ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD';"
\ No newline at end of file
+# wait for the server to start
+sleep 2
+
+# change the root password
+mariadb -u root -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES; ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+
+# stop the server
+sleep 1
+killall mariadbd
+
+# start the server normally
+/usr/sbin/mariadbd --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
diff --git a/build/supervisord.conf b/build/supervisord.conf
index 533b4c6..acf9971 100644
--- a/build/supervisord.conf
+++ b/build/supervisord.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [supervisord]
-user=root
+# user=abc
 nodaemon=true
 logfile=/dev/null
 logfile_maxbytes=0
@@ -7,17 +7,9 @@ pidfile=/var/run/supervisord.pid
 loglevel = INFO
 
 [program:mariadb]
-command=/usr/sbin/mariadbd --user=root
-autostart=true
-autorestart=true
-redirect_stderr=true
-stdout_logfile=/dev/fd/1
-stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
-
-[program:mariadb-setup]
 command=bash -c "/usr/sbin/start-mariadb.sh"
 autostart=true
-autorestart=false
+autorestart=true
 redirect_stderr=true
 stdout_logfile=/dev/fd/1
 stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0