diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 37b486fa7fafc41ef7cce360af549d41fd5913f1..18e1110018fe5c97ee53e043fc9d75cde1b83235 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
      libhdf5-dev \
      libgit2-dev 
 #    vim
-USER ${NB_USER}
 
 RUN echo "options(defaultPackages=c(getOption('defaultPackages'),'renkur'))" >> /usr/local/lib/R/etc/Rprofile.site
 
+USER ${NB_USER}
+
 # install the R dependencies
 COPY install.R /tmp/
 RUN R -f /tmp/install.R