diff --git a/core/dovecot/conf/dovecot.conf b/core/dovecot/conf/dovecot.conf
index 29fbb9a2..d9b85172 100644
--- a/core/dovecot/conf/dovecot.conf
+++ b/core/dovecot/conf/dovecot.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ postmaster_address = {{ POSTMASTER }}@{{ DOMAIN }}
 hostname = {{ HOSTNAMES.split(",")[0] }}
 submission_host = {{ FRONT_ADDRESS }}
 
+default_internal_user = dovecot
+default_login_user = mail
+default_internal_group = dovecot
+
 ###############
 # Mailboxes
 ###############
@@ -80,18 +84,13 @@ userdb {
 }
 
 service auth {
-  user = dovecot
   unix_listener auth-userdb {
   }
 }
 
 service auth-worker {
   unix_listener auth-worker {
-    user = dovecot
-    group = mail
-    mode = 0660
   }
-  user = mail
 }
 
 ###############
diff --git a/core/dovecot/start.py b/core/dovecot/start.py
index a8c85ebf..cfa477bc 100755
--- a/core/dovecot/start.py
+++ b/core/dovecot/start.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import glob
 import multiprocessing
 import logging as log
 import sys
+from pwd import getpwnam
 
 from podop import run_server
 from socrate import system, conf
@@ -12,7 +13,9 @@ from socrate import system, conf
 log.basicConfig(stream=sys.stderr, level=os.environ.get("LOG_LEVEL", "WARNING"))
 
 def start_podop():
-    os.setuid(8)
+    id_mail = getpwnam('mail')
+    os.setgid(id_mail.pw_gid)
+    os.setuid(id_mail.pw_uid)
     url = "http://" + os.environ["ADMIN_ADDRESS"] + "/internal/dovecot/§"
     run_server(0, "dovecot", "/tmp/podop.socket", [
 		("quota", "url", url ),
@@ -35,7 +38,8 @@ for script_file in glob.glob("/conf/*.script"):
     os.chmod(out_file, 0o555)
 
 # Run Podop, then postfix
-multiprocessing.Process(target=start_podop).start()
 os.system("chown mail:mail /mail")
 os.system("chown -R mail:mail /var/lib/dovecot /conf")
+
+multiprocessing.Process(target=start_podop).start()
 os.execv("/usr/sbin/dovecot", ["dovecot", "-c", "/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf", "-F"])