diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2cbda51..88b1e7f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ENV USER=$user
 WORKDIR /home/$user
 # untar directly static quantum package and examples
 ADD quantum_package_static.tar.gz .
-COPY examples examples
+COPY --chown=$user  examples examples
 # move quantum package
 RUN mv quantum_package_static qp2
 RUN echo "set -g default-command /home/$user/qp2/bin/qpsh" >> .tmux.conf