diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ddb31b5c..6122789f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ test:
 	docker compose exec api bash -c 'LOG_CHANNEL=stderr LOG_LEVEL=debug vendor/bin/phpunit ${FILTER}'
 
 init:
-	docker compose exec api bash -c 'php artisan migrate:fresh && php artisan passport:install --no-interaction && php artisan key:generate'
+	docker compose exec api bash -c 'php artisan migrate:fresh && su -s /bin/sh www-data -c "php artisan passport:install --no-interaction" && php artisan key:generate'
 
 test-fresh: init test
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8757149a..691e8453 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ docker compose down --volumes
 Run everything in one go:
 
 ```sh
-docker compose exec api bash -c 'php artisan migrate:fresh && php artisan passport:install --no-interaction && php artisan db:seed && php artisan key:generate && php artisan storage:link'
+docker compose exec api bash -c 'php artisan migrate:fresh && su -s /bin/sh www-data -c "php artisan passport:install --no-interaction" && php artisan db:seed && php artisan key:generate && php artisan storage:link'
 ```
 
 Or each command separately:
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Or each command separately:
 docker compose exec api php artisan migrate:fresh
 
 # Create some certs needed for authentication (passport is a laravel plugin)
-docker compose exec api php artisan passport:install --no-interaction
+docker compose exec --user www-data api php artisan passport:install --no-interaction
 
 # Seed some useful development data
 docker compose exec api php artisan db:seed