diff --git a/docker-compose.ci.yml b/docker-compose.ci.yml
index f8e117935..56be13191 100644
--- a/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: '2.3'
 services:
     forgehax:
         image: gradle:4.10.0-jdk8-slim
-        user: root
+        user: "1002:1002"
         environment:
           - GIT_COMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT:-latest}
           - FORGEHAX_DEBUG=1
diff --git a/scripts/cibuild b/scripts/cibuild
index 12c9567b8..1a6156c21 100755
--- a/scripts/cibuild
+++ b/scripts/cibuild
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ if [ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" = "${0}" ]; then
     if [ "${1:-}" = "--help" ]; then
         usage
     else    
+        mkdir -p .gradle
         GIT_COMMIT="${GIT_COMMIT}" docker-compose \
             -f docker-compose.ci.yml \
             run --rm \
diff --git a/scripts/update b/scripts/update
index ae004d157..80292dae2 100755
--- a/scripts/update
+++ b/scripts/update
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ if [ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" = "${0}" ]; then
     if [ "${1:-}" = "--help" ]; then
         usage
     else        
+        mkdir -p .gradle
         docker-compose \
             -f docker-compose.ci.yml \
             run --rm \