diff --git a/images/etherpad/Dockerfile b/images/etherpad/Dockerfile
index 65f07e5..7543f3e 100644
--- a/images/etherpad/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/etherpad/Dockerfile
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ COPY --from=builder /srv/etherpad /srv/etherpad
 COPY settings.json /srv/etherpad/
 ENV PYTHON /usr/bin/python3
 
-RUN mkdir -p /.npm && chown -R 70:70 /.npm /srv/etherpad
+RUN mkdir -p /.npm
 RUN cd /srv/etherpad \
 	&& install_packages python3 make gcc g++ libc-dev libc++-dev \
 	&& ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python \
 	&& src/bin/installDeps.sh \
 	&& npm install sqlite3 \
-	&& rm -rf /srv/etherpad/.git /.npm/_cacache
+	&& rm -rf /srv/etherpad/.git /.npm/_cacache \
+	&& chown -R 70:70 /.npm /srv/etherpad
 
 # The rm -rf there is to save some space in the resulting container