diff --git a/containers/ddev-webserver/files/etc/group b/containers/ddev-webserver/files/etc/group
index e272b1933ad..7cb9e52b661 100644
--- a/containers/ddev-webserver/files/etc/group
+++ b/containers/ddev-webserver/files/etc/group
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 root:x:0:
 nginx:x:0:
+gid_0:x:0:
 gid_1:x:1:
 gid_2:x:2:
 gid_3:x:3:
diff --git a/containers/ddev-webserver/files/etc/passwd b/containers/ddev-webserver/files/etc/passwd
index e4c5b57be83..63319b7d00c 100644
--- a/containers/ddev-webserver/files/etc/passwd
+++ b/containers/ddev-webserver/files/etc/passwd
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 root:x:0:0:root:/home:/bin/bash
 nginx:x:0:0:root:/home:/bin/bash
+uid_0:x:0:0:root:/home:/bin/bash
 uid_1:x:1:1:gid_1:/home:/bin/bash
 uid_2:x:2:2:gid_2:/home:/bin/bash
 uid_3:x:3:3:gid_3:/home:/bin/bash
diff --git a/pkg/ddevapp/ddevapp.go b/pkg/ddevapp/ddevapp.go
index 524e4b53296..b34677313f9 100644
--- a/pkg/ddevapp/ddevapp.go
+++ b/pkg/ddevapp/ddevapp.go
@@ -705,13 +705,13 @@ func (app *DdevApp) DockerEnv() {
 	UIDStr = curUser.Uid
 	GIDStr = curUser.Gid
 	// For windows the UIDStr/GIDStr are usually way outside linux range (ends at 60000)
-	// so we have to run as root. We may have a host UIDStr/GIDStr greater in other contexts,
-	// bail and run as root.
+	// so we have to run as arbitrary user 1000. We may have a host UIDStr/GIDStr greater in other contexts,
+	// 1000 seems not to cause file permissions issues at least on docker-for-windows.
 	if UIDInt, err = strconv.Atoi(curUser.Uid); err != nil {
-		UIDStr = "0"
+		UIDStr = "1000"
 	}
 	if GIDInt, err = strconv.Atoi(curUser.Gid); err != nil {
-		GIDStr = "0"
+		GIDStr = "1000"
 	}
 
 	// Warn about running as root if we're not on windows.
@@ -721,8 +721,8 @@ func (app *DdevApp) DockerEnv() {
 
 	// If the UIDStr or GIDStr is outside the range possible in container, use root
 	if UIDInt > 60000 || GIDInt > 60000 {
-		UIDStr = "0"
-		GIDStr = "0"
+		UIDStr = "1000"
+		GIDStr = "1000"
 	}
 
 	envVars := map[string]string{
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index e55c8dc125c..1fbf5876282 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var DockerComposeFileFormatVersion = "3.6"
 var WebImg = "drud/ddev-webserver"
 
 // WebTag defines the default web image tag for drud dev
-var WebTag = "20180911_apache_supervisor" // Note that this can be overridden by make
+var WebTag = "20180913_apache_broken_on_windows" // Note that this can be overridden by make
 
 // DBImg defines the default db image used for applications.
 var DBImg = "drud/ddev-dbserver"