diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0fc4586..5780b35 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
 
-CMD ["slapd", "-d", "32768"]
+CMD ["slapd", "-d", "32768", "-u", "openldap", "-g", "openldap"]
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index b5e44c6..49eb73a 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-chown openldap:openldap /var/lib/ldap/
+chown -R openldap:openldap /var/lib/ldap/
 
 if [[ ! -d /etc/ldap/slapd.d ]]; then