diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e16a08..c2df9d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
+- 2018-11-23 [Improvement] Faster container bootstrapping without "chmod", as suggested by @silviot
 - 2018-11-20 [Bugfix] Fix cross-platform theme assets generation
 - 2018-11-17 [Improvement] Custom nginx port mapping. :crossed_swords: @frob @frohro
 - 2018-11-17 [Improvement] Add "make restart-openedx" command. :+1: @frob
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c843d7f..c5c974f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ ifeq ($(ACTIVATE_PORTAINER), 1)
 endif
 
 DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN = $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) run --rm
-DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN_OPENEDX = $(DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN) -e USERID=$(USERID) -e SETTINGS=$(EDX_PLATFORM_SETTINGS)
+DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN_OPENEDX = $(DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN) -e SETTINGS=$(EDX_PLATFORM_SETTINGS)
 ifneq ($(EDX_PLATFORM_PATH),)
-	DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN_OPENEDX += --volume="$(EDX_PLATFORM_PATH):/openedx/edx-platform"
+	DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN_OPENEDX += -e USERID=$(USERID) --volume="$(EDX_PLATFORM_PATH):/openedx/edx-platform"
 endif
 
 DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN_LMS = $(DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN_OPENEDX) -p 8000:8000 lms