diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index d4ce0c5..645b877 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 FROM alpine:3.12
 
-ENV UID=1000 GID=1000
-RUN export user=youtube \
-  && addgroup -S $user -g $GID && adduser -D -S $user -G $user -u $UID
-USER $user
+ENV UID=1000 \
+  GID=1000 \
+  USER=youtube
+
+RUN addgroup -S $USER -g $GID && adduser -D -S $USER -G $USER -u $UID
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
     ffmpeg \
@@ -14,12 +15,13 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
     atomicparsley
 
 WORKDIR /app
-
 COPY --chown=$UID:$GID [ "package.json", "package-lock.json", "/app/" ]
-RUN npm install
+
+RUN npm install && chown -R $UID:$GID ./
 
 COPY --chown=$UID:$GID [ "./", "/app/" ]
 
 EXPOSE 17442
+
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/app/entrypoint.sh" ]
 CMD [ "node", "app.js" ]
diff --git a/backend/app.js b/backend/app.js
index 1bec5c7..d43f9bc 100644
--- a/backend/app.js
+++ b/backend/app.js
@@ -1745,7 +1745,10 @@ async function autoUpdateYoutubeDL() {
                     resolve(true);
                 });
             }
-        
+        })
+        .catch(err => {
+            logger.error('Failed to check youtube-dl version for an update.')
+            logger.error(err)
         });
     });
 }
diff --git a/backend/entrypoint.sh b/backend/entrypoint.sh
index 137e984..51df772 100755
--- a/backend/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/backend/entrypoint.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if [ "${1#-}" != "$1" ]; then
 fi
 
 # chown current working directory to current user
-if [ "$@" = "$CMD" ] && [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then
+if [ "$*" = "$CMD" ] && [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then
   find . \! -user "$UID" -exec chown "$UID:$GID" -R '{}' +
   exec su-exec "$UID:$GID" "$0" "$@"
 fi