diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 70bf279396a..5c38865bb5b 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ docker-compose*.yml
 docker/
 !docker/msfconsole.rc
 !docker/entrypoint.sh
+!docker/database.yml
+Dockerfile
 README.md
 .git/
 .github/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 667a197a32d..eaa04a5d6ed 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ FROM ruby:2.5.1-alpine3.7 AS builder
 LABEL maintainer="Rapid7"
 
 ARG BUNDLER_ARGS="--jobs=8 --without development test coverage"
-ENV APP_HOME /usr/src/metasploit-framework/
+ENV APP_HOME=/usr/src/metasploit-framework
 ENV BUNDLE_IGNORE_MESSAGES="true"
 WORKDIR $APP_HOME
 
-COPY Gemfile* metasploit-framework.gemspec Rakefile $APP_HOME
+COPY Gemfile* metasploit-framework.gemspec Rakefile $APP_HOME/
 COPY lib/metasploit/framework/version.rb $APP_HOME/lib/metasploit/framework/version.rb
 COPY lib/metasploit/framework/rails_version_constraint.rb $APP_HOME/lib/metasploit/framework/rails_version_constraint.rb
 COPY lib/msf/util/helper.rb $APP_HOME/lib/msf/util/helper.rb
@@ -40,23 +40,28 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
 FROM ruby:2.5.1-alpine3.7
 LABEL maintainer="Rapid7"
 
-ENV APP_HOME /usr/src/metasploit-framework/
+ENV APP_HOME=/usr/src/metasploit-framework
 ENV NMAP_PRIVILEGED=""
+ENV METASPLOIT_GROUP=metasploit
 
-COPY --from=builder /usr/local/bundle /usr/local/bundle
-COPY . $APP_HOME
+# used for the copy command
+RUN addgroup -S $METASPLOIT_GROUP
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache bash sqlite-libs nmap nmap-scripts nmap-nselibs postgresql-libs python python3 ncurses libcap su-exec
 
 RUN /usr/sbin/setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_bind_service=+eip $(which ruby)
 RUN /usr/sbin/setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_bind_service=+eip $(which nmap)
 
+COPY --chown=root:metasploit --from=builder /usr/local/bundle /usr/local/bundle
+COPY --chown=root:metasploit . $APP_HOME/
+RUN cp -f $APP_HOME/docker/database.yml $APP_HOME/config/database.yml
+
 WORKDIR $APP_HOME
+
 # we need this entrypoint to dynamically create a user
 # matching the hosts UID and GID so we can mount something
 # from the users home directory. If the IDs don't match
-# it results in access denied errors. Once docker has
-# a solution for this we can revert it back to normal
+# it results in access denied errors.
 ENTRYPOINT ["docker/entrypoint.sh"]
 
-CMD ["./msfconsole", "-r", "docker/msfconsole.rc"]
+CMD ["./msfconsole", "-r", "docker/msfconsole.rc", "-y", "$APP_HOME/config/database.yml"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.yml b/docker-compose.override.yml
index 134c1e8503f..9f41384d249 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ services:
         BUNDLER_ARGS: --jobs=8
     image: metasploit:dev
     environment:
-      DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres@db:5432/msf_dev
+      DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres@db:5432/msf_dev?pool=200&timeout=5
     volumes:
       - .:/usr/src/metasploit-framework
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 725f3985001..cd729666cdb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ services:
   ms:
     image: metasploitframework/metasploit-framework:latest
     environment:
-      DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres@db:5432/msf
+      DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres@db:5432/msf?pool=200&timeout=5
     links:
       - db
     ports:
       - 4444:4444
     volumes:
       - $HOME/.msf4:/home/msf/.msf4
-      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
 
   db:
     image: postgres:10-alpine
diff --git a/docker/database.yml b/docker/database.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e55084ba9c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/database.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+development: &pgsql
+  url: <%= ENV['DATABASE_URL'] %>
+
+production: &production
+  <<: *pgsql
diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
index 2acd432c2c4..ad41a350df3 100755
--- a/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -5,16 +5,29 @@ MSF_GROUP=msf
 TMP=${MSF_UID:=1000}
 TMP=${MSF_GID:=1000}
 
-# don't recreate system users like root
-if [ "$MSF_UID" -lt "1000" ]; then
-  MSF_UID=1000
+# if the user starts the container as root or another system user,
+# don't use a low privileged user as we mount the home directory
+if [ "$MSF_UID" -eq "0" ]; then
+  "$@"
+else
+  # if the users group already exists, create a random GID, otherwise
+  # reuse it
+  if ! grep ":$MSF_GID:" /etc/group > /dev/null; then
+    echo "asdf"
+    addgroup -g $MSF_GID $MSF_GROUP
+  else
+    addgroup $MSF_GROUP
+  fi
+
+  # check if user id already exists
+  if ! grep ":$MSF_UID:" /etc/passwd > /dev/null; then
+    echo "cvbb"
+    adduser -u $MSF_UID -D $MSF_USER -g $MSF_USER -G $MSF_GROUP $MSF_USER
+    # add user to metasploit group so it can read the source
+    addgroup $MSF_USER $METASPLOIT_GROUP
+    su-exec $MSF_USER "$@"
+  # fall back to root exec if the user id already exists
+  else
+    "$@"
+  fi
 fi
-
-if [ "$MSF_GID" -lt "1000" ]; then
-  MSF_GID=1000
-fi
-
-addgroup -g $MSF_GID $MSF_GROUP
-adduser -u $MSF_UID -D $MSF_USER -g $MSF_USER -G $MSF_GROUP $MSF_USER
-
-su-exec $MSF_USER "$@"