diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0f6a193..aaa5a65 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ RUN dnf -y install --setopt=tsflags=nodocs \
     waiverdb \
     && dnf -y clean all
 COPY README.md /README.md
+# Make sure fedmsg can write its CRL.
+RUN chmod 777 /var/run/fedmsg/
+# Declare a user so that fedmsg.publish works.
+ENV USER=openshift
 USER 1001
 EXPOSE 8080
 ENTRYPOINT gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8080 --access-logfile=- waiverdb.wsgi:app