diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index aa530586..e3bbf5ed 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-if [[ "$TAUTULLI_DOCKER" = "True" && -v PUID && -v PGID ]]; then
-    getent group "$PGID" 2>&1 > /dev/null || groupadd -g "$PGID" tautulli
-    getent passwd "$PUID" 2>&1 > /dev/null || useradd -r -u "$PUID" -g "$PGID" tautulli
-    chown -f -R "$PUID":"$PGID" /config
-    python Tautulli.py --datadir /config
+if [[ "$TAUTULLI_DOCKER" = "True" ]]; then
+    if [[ -v PUID && -v PGID ]]; then
+        getent group "$PGID" 2>&1 > /dev/null || groupadd -g "$PGID" tautulli
+        getent passwd "$PUID" 2>&1 > /dev/null || useradd -r -u "$PUID" -g "$PGID" tautulli
+
+        user=$(getent passwd "$PUID" | cut -d: -f1)
+        group=$(getent group "$PGID" | cut -d: -f1)
+        usermod -a -G root "$user"
+
+        chown -R "$user":"$group" /config
+
+        echo "Running Tautulli using user $user (uid=$PUID) and group $group (gid=$PGID)"
+        su "$user" -g "$group" -c "python /app/Tautulli.py --datadir /config"
+    else
+	    python Tautulli.py --datadir /config
+    fi
 else
     python Tautulli.py &> /dev/null &
 fi