diff --git a/runtime/supervisord.conf b/runtime/supervisord.conf
index e27d23f5..e9380241 100644
--- a/runtime/supervisord.conf
+++ b/runtime/supervisord.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [supervisord]
 nodaemon=true
+user=root
 pidfile=/var/run/supervisord.pid
 logfile=/dev/null
 logfile_maxbytes=0