diff --git a/Docker/lofar-pipeline/Dockerfile.tmpl b/Docker/lofar-pipeline/Dockerfile.tmpl
index a3f38f86b66b6ad410091bb75ff054fa82eb36c7..eae03529529524638acfd3260f3260bc059aa6ee 100644
--- a/Docker/lofar-pipeline/Dockerfile.tmpl
+++ b/Docker/lofar-pipeline/Dockerfile.tmpl
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y subversion cmake g++ gfortran bison fle
     cd ${INSTALLDIR}/lofar/build/${LOFAR_BUILDVARIANT} && sed -i '29,31d' include/ApplCommon/PosixTime.h && \
     cd ${INSTALLDIR}/lofar/build/${LOFAR_BUILDVARIANT} && make -j ${J} && \
     cd ${INSTALLDIR}/lofar/build/${LOFAR_BUILDVARIANT} && make install && \
-    bash -c "mv ${INSTALLDIR}/lofar/var /home/${USER}/" && \
-    bash -c "ln -sfT /home/${USER}/lofar/var ${INSTALLDIR}/lofar/var" && \
+    bash -c "mkdir -p ${INSTALLDIR}/lofar/var/{log,run}" && \
+    bash -c "chmod a+rwx  ${INSTALLDIR}/lofar/var/{log,run}" && \
     bash -c "strip ${INSTALLDIR}/lofar/{bin,sbin,lib64}/* || true" && \
     bash -c "rm -rf ${INSTALLDIR}/lofar/{build,src}" && \
     apt-get purge -y subversion cmake g++ gfortran bison flex liblog4cplus-dev libhdf5-dev libblitz0-dev libboost-dev libboost-python-dev python-dev libxml2-dev pkg-config libpng12-dev libfftw3-dev libunittest++-dev libxml++2.6-dev libgsl0-dev libboost-filesystem${BOOST_VERSION}-dev libboost-date-time${BOOST_VERSION}-dev libboost-thread${BOOST_VERSION}-dev binutils-dev wcslib-dev && \