diff --git a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile
index 9a1a3134f..cd5540937 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ RUN pip install --upgrade setuptools pip \
     && pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt \
     && rm -rf /root/.cache/pip
 
-USER superset
-
 COPY --chown=superset:superset superset superset
 
 ENV PATH=/home/superset/superset/bin:$PATH \
     PYTHONPATH=/home/superset/superset/:$PYTHONPATH
 
+USER superset
+
 RUN cd superset/assets \
     && npm ci \
     && npm run sync-backend \