diff --git a/backend/copy.sh b/backend/copy.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index bb6c9f8e5..000000000
--- a/backend/copy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Enter the backend directory, copy over the built EmbassyOS binaries and systemd services, edit the nginx config, then create the .ssh directory
-
-cp target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/embassy-init /mnt/usr/local/bin
-cp target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/embassyd /mnt/usr/local/bin
-cp target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/embassy-cli /mnt/usr/local/bin
-cp *.service /mnt/etc/systemd/system/
-
-echo "application/wasm		wasm;" | sudo tee -a "/mnt/etc/nginx/mime.types"
-
-mkdir -p /mnt/root/.ssh
diff --git a/backend/src/init.rs b/backend/src/init.rs
index 0cb4b9e67..7c51d497b 100644
--- a/backend/src/init.rs
+++ b/backend/src/init.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ pub async fn init(cfg: &RpcContextConfig, product_key: &str) -> Result<(), Error
         tracing::info!("Loaded Package Docker Images");
     }
 
-    crate::ssh::sync_keys_from_db(&secret_store, "/root/.ssh/authorized_keys").await?;
+    crate::ssh::sync_keys_from_db(&secret_store, "/home/start9/.ssh/authorized_keys").await?;
     tracing::info!("Synced SSH Keys");
     let db = cfg.db(&secret_store, product_key).await?;
 
diff --git a/backend/src/ssh.rs b/backend/src/ssh.rs
index 8a23e63de..b4d35033d 100644
--- a/backend/src/ssh.rs
+++ b/backend/src/ssh.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::util::display_none;
 use crate::util::serde::{display_serializable, IoFormat};
 use crate::{Error, ErrorKind};
 
-static SSH_AUTHORIZED_KEYS_FILE: &str = "/root/.ssh/authorized_keys";
+static SSH_AUTHORIZED_KEYS_FILE: &str = "/home/start9/.ssh/authorized_keys";
 
 #[derive(Debug, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
 pub struct PubKey(
diff --git a/build/write-image.sh b/build/write-image.sh
index 9386ab2ad..415d56000 100755
--- a/build/write-image.sh
+++ b/build/write-image.sh
@@ -76,8 +76,11 @@ sudo cp -R frontend/dist/setup-wizard /tmp/eos-mnt/var/www/html/setup
 sudo cp -R frontend/dist/ui /tmp/eos-mnt/var/www/html/main
 sudo cp index.html /tmp/eos-mnt/var/www/html/index.html
 
-# Make the .ssh directory
-sudo mkdir -p /tmp/eos-mnt/root/.ssh
+# Make the .ssh directory for UID 1000 user
+sudo mkdir -p /tmp/eos-mnt/home/$(awk -v val=1000 -F ":" '$3==val{print $1}' /tmp/eos-mnt/etc/passwd)/.ssh
+sudo mv /tmp/eos-mnt/etc/sudoers.d/010_pi-nopasswd /tmp/eos-mnt/etc/sudoers.d/010_start9-nopasswd
+sudo sed -i 's/pi/start9/g' /tmp/eos-mnt/etc/sudoers.d/010_start9-nopasswd
+sudo sed -i 's/ pi / start9 /g' /tmp/eos-mnt/etc/systemd/system/autologin@.service
 
 # Custom MOTD
 sudo rm /tmp/eos-mnt/etc/motd