diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b2a8cde..7fb9763 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     openssl \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && groupadd --system --gid 1001 nodejs \
-    && useradd --system --uid 1001 nextjs
+    && useradd --system --uid 1001 nextjs \
+    && mkdir -p /home/nextjs && chown nextjs:nextjs /home/nextjs
 
 COPY --from=builder /app/public ./public
 COPY --from=builder /app/.next/standalone ./
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ COPY --from=builder /app/prisma/schema.prisma /app/schema.prisma
 COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
 
+# Create data directory and initialize database as root
+RUN mkdir -p /app/data && chown -R nextjs:nodejs /app
+
 USER nextjs
 
 EXPOSE 3000
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ EXPOSE 3000
 ENV PORT=3000
 ENV HOSTNAME="0.0.0.0"
 ENV DATABASE_URL="file:./data/dev.db"
+ENV HOME=/home/nextjs
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
 CMD ["node", "server.js"]
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 32dd391..e36db27 100644
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ set -e
 # Initialize database if it doesn't exist or schema changed
 echo "Checking database..."
 
-# Create data directory if it doesn't exist
+# Create directories with proper permissions
 mkdir -p /app/data
+mkdir -p /app/.npm
 
 # Push schema (safe - won't overwrite data, only syncs schema)
-npx prisma db push --skip-generate --skip-pull
+npm exec -- prisma db push --skip-generate --skip-pull
 
 echo "Starting application..."
 exec "$@"