diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 10cc9a7..cd9dca6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ RUN conda install --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge \
 # Install JupyterLab Git Extension
 RUN pip install jupyterlab-git
 
-# change to root user
-USER root
-
 # Create working directory for mounting volumes
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/notebooks
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c190d0..ddffea6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Simple single-user container image for:
 ## Quickstart usage:
 
 ```
-docker run --rm --user root -v $(pwd):/opt/notebooks -p 8888:8888 ubcdsci/jupyterlab
+docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/opt/notebooks -p 8888:8888 ubcdsci/jupyterlab
 ```
 
 ## Documentation
@@ -19,5 +19,3 @@ The Jupyter Lab working directory is set to `/opt/notebooks`,
 so volumes should be mounted there to be accessible via the container's Jupyter Lab.
 
 The port exposed is `8888`. When the container is run, users need to copy the URL that looks like `http://127.0.0.1:8888/lab?token=d9704724bf0267d3d9262698ffbb88123633f8c8f4b1a305` into their web browser to access Jupyter Lab.
-
-`--user root` is currently needed when running the container for mounting volumes. This may be removed in future versions.