diff --git a/Docker/lofar-base/chuser.sh b/Docker/lofar-base/chuser.sh
index bfe0f0db2cd58c9f9cd5d4367ea2c9faaaf4ef6a..9ac3603c1a072dffff02461e9e8e59b1833b7f4f 100755
--- a/Docker/lofar-base/chuser.sh
+++ b/Docker/lofar-base/chuser.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Configrue user
+# Correct UID
+export UID=`id -u`
+
+# Configure user
 if [ -z "${USER}" ]; then
   export USER=${UID}
 fi