diff --git a/backend/setup.js b/backend/setup.js
index a805978ba..403c14e72 100644
--- a/backend/setup.js
+++ b/backend/setup.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ const setupCertbotPlugins = () => {
 				});
 
 				if (plugins.length) {
-					const install_cmd = '. /opt/certbot/bin/activate && pip install --no-cache-dir --user ' + plugins.join(' ') + ' && deactivate';
+					const install_cmd = '. /opt/certbot/bin/activate && pip install --no-cache-dir ' + plugins.join(' ') + ' && deactivate';
 					promises.push(utils.exec(install_cmd));
 				}
 
diff --git a/docker/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/prepare/30-ownership.sh b/docker/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/prepare/30-ownership.sh
index 817c2c8e3..a714298bb 100755
--- a/docker/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/prepare/30-ownership.sh
+++ b/docker/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/prepare/30-ownership.sh
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ chown -R "$PUID:$PGID" /var/log/nginx
 chown -R "$PUID:$PGID" /etc/nginx/nginx
 chown -R "$PUID:$PGID" /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 chown -R "$PUID:$PGID" /etc/nginx/conf.d
+
+# Prevents errors when installing python certbot plugins when non-root
+chown -R "$PUID:$PGID" /opt/certbot