diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 84a2f9185813cd1556a5085a163c00adf69af328..4921e7c685e64d9b1d0be13e66a4163eb1dd2e96 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ FROM rocker/tidyverse
 LABEL version="0.01" 
 LABEL maintainer="Théophile Sanchez <theophile.sanchez@wsl.ch>"
 
+ENV USER="rstudio" PASSWORD="rstudio" ROOT="TRUE"
+
 RUN sudo apt-get update
 
 # dependencies required by dada2