diff --git a/compose/nextcloud/Dockerfile b/compose/nextcloud/Dockerfile
index 414b00f..4de1c41 100644
--- a/compose/nextcloud/Dockerfile
+++ b/compose/nextcloud/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 FROM nextcloud:23-fpm-alpine
 
+ARG UID=1000
+ARG GID=1001
+
 RUN apk add shadow && \
- groupmod -g 1001 www-data && \
- usermod -u 1000 -g 1001 www-data && \
- find / -user 82 -exec chown -v -h 1000 '{}' \; && \
- find / -group 82 -exec chgrp -v 1001 '{}' \;
+ groupmod -g $GID www-data && \
+ usermod -u $UID -g $GID www-data && \
+ find / -user 82 -exec chown -v -h $UID '{}' \; && \
+ find / -group 82 -exec chgrp -v $GID '{}' \;
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache supervisor imagemagick-dev imagemagick \
   && mkdir /var/log/supervisord /var/run/supervisord \
diff --git a/compose/nextcloud/README.md b/compose/nextcloud/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dbda7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose/nextcloud/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Permission
+If Nextcloud data is being placed in a docker managed volume, then `Dockerfile` can be updated by removing L6-L10 thus making the image smaller and not modifying the permissions for Nextcloud.  
+If Nextcloud data should be accessible from "bare metal system" as a specific user, then modify `Dockerfile` with correct `UID` and `GID` values.  
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diff --git a/compose/nextcloud/entry_uid_change.sh b/compose/nextcloud/entry_uid_change.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ac39efd..0000000
--- a/compose/nextcloud/entry_uid_change.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-find / -user 82 -exec chown -v -h 1000 '{}' \;
-find / -group 82 -exec chgrp -v 1001 '{}' \;
-
-/entrypoint.sh "php-fpm"