diff --git a/installer/files/ogrepo-api.service b/installer/files/ogrepo-api.service
index f127ffa..136de86 100644
--- a/installer/files/ogrepo-api.service
+++ b/installer/files/ogrepo-api.service
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Description=Gunicorn instance to serve repo_api
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
-User=root
-Group=root
+User=ogrepository
+Group=ogrepository
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/opengnsys/ogrepository/api  
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/gunicorn -w 4 -b 0.0.0.0:8006 repo_api:app