diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f64dd6e..c53921c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ stop:
 setup: start install-plugins fix-perms
 
 fix-perms:
+	docker exec intotheeast_grav bash -c "getent passwd 1000 > /dev/null || useradd -u 1000 -M hostuser"
 	docker exec intotheeast_grav chown -R 1000:1000 /var/www/html
+	docker exec intotheeast_grav apachectl graceful
 
 install-plugins:
 	docker exec -w /var/www/html intotheeast_grav php bin/gpm install $(shell cat plugins.txt | tr '\n' ' ') -y