diff --git a/ckan-backend-dev/.env.example b/ckan-backend-dev/.env.example
index f2d91d2dd..cfcaeb491 100644
--- a/ckan-backend-dev/.env.example
+++ b/ckan-backend-dev/.env.example
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ DATAPUSHER_REWRITE_RESOURCES=True
 DATAPUSHER_REWRITE_URL=http://ckan-dev:5000
 
 # Extensions
-CKAN__PLUGINS="image_view text_view webpage_view resource_proxy datatables_view datastore datapusher activity s3filestore scheming_datasets scheming_organizations scheming_groups harvest wri wri_harvester auth hierarchy_display hierarchy_form hierarchy_group_form issues envvars"
-CKAN__VIEWS__DEFAULT_VIEWS="image_view text_view webpage_view datatables_view"
+CKAN__PLUGINS=image_view text_view webpage_view resource_proxy datatables_view datastore datapusher activity s3filestore scheming_datasets scheming_organizations scheming_groups harvest wri wri_harvester auth hierarchy_display hierarchy_form hierarchy_group_form issues envvars
+CKAN__VIEWS__DEFAULT_VIEWS=image_view text_view webpage_view datatables_view
 CKAN__HARVEST__MQ__TYPE=redis
 CKAN__HARVEST__MQ__HOSTNAME=redis
 CKAN__HARVEST__MQ__PORT=6379
diff --git a/ckan-backend-dev/ckan/Dockerfile.dev b/ckan-backend-dev/ckan/Dockerfile.dev
index e6da9f203..72930adc0 100644
--- a/ckan-backend-dev/ckan/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/ckan-backend-dev/ckan/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -127,14 +127,6 @@ COPY setup/supervisord.conf /etc/supervisord.conf
 COPY setup/supervisor.worker.conf /etc/supervisord.d/worker.conf
 COPY setup/supervisor.harvest.conf /etc/supervisord.d/harvest.conf
 
-RUN SUPERVISOR_USER="root"; \
-    SUPERVISOR_HOME="/tmp"; \
-    sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_USER|${SUPERVISOR_USER}|g" /etc/supervisord.d/harvest.conf && \
-    sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_HOME|${SUPERVISOR_HOME}|g" /etc/supervisord.d/harvest.conf && \
-    sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_USER|${SUPERVISOR_USER}|g" /etc/supervisord.d/worker.conf && \
-    sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_HOME|${SUPERVISOR_HOME}|g" /etc/supervisord.d/worker.conf && \
-    sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_HOME|${SUPERVISOR_HOME}|g" /etc/supervisord.conf
-
 RUN chown -R ckan:ckan /etc/supervisord.d
 RUN chown -R ckan:ckan /etc/supervisord.conf
 
diff --git a/ckan-backend-dev/ckan/setup/start_ckan_development.sh.override b/ckan-backend-dev/ckan/setup/start_ckan_development.sh.override
index 1363037f5..70b3b8cc4 100755
--- a/ckan-backend-dev/ckan/setup/start_ckan_development.sh.override
+++ b/ckan-backend-dev/ckan/setup/start_ckan_development.sh.override
@@ -93,7 +93,27 @@ then
     done
 fi
 
+# Check if we are running in GitHub Actions
+if [ "$GITHUB_ACTIONS" = "true" ]; then
+  SUPERVISOR_USER='root'
+  SUPERVISOR_HOME='/tmp'
+else
+  SUPERVISOR_USER='ckan'
+  SUPERVISOR_HOME='/srv/app'
+fi
+
 # Start supervisord
+echo "==================================="
+echo "SUPERVISOR_USER: $SUPERVISOR_USER"
+echo "SUPERVISOR_HOME: $SUPERVISOR_HOME"
+echo "==================================="
+
+sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_USER|$SUPERVISOR_USER|g" /etc/supervisord.d/harvest.conf
+sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_HOME|$SUPERVISOR_HOME|g" /etc/supervisord.d/harvest.conf
+sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_USER|$SUPERVISOR_USER|g" /etc/supervisord.d/worker.conf
+sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_HOME|$SUPERVISOR_HOME|g" /etc/supervisord.d/worker.conf
+sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_HOME|$SUPERVISOR_HOME|g" /etc/supervisord.conf
+
 supervisord --configuration /etc/supervisord.conf &
 
 # Start the development server with automatic reload
diff --git a/ckan-backend-dev/docker-compose.test.yml b/ckan-backend-dev/docker-compose.test.yml
index 6f1ca76be..1653d0001 100755
--- a/ckan-backend-dev/docker-compose.test.yml
+++ b/ckan-backend-dev/docker-compose.test.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ volumes:
 services:
 
   ckan-dev:
-    user: "ckan"
     container_name: ${CKAN_CONTAINER_NAME}
     image: ${CKAN_IMAGE}
     environment:
diff --git a/deployment/ckan/Dockerfile b/deployment/ckan/Dockerfile
index 09be48d00..3c485dc58 100644
--- a/deployment/ckan/Dockerfile
+++ b/deployment/ckan/Dockerfile
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ RUN for d in $APP_DIR/patches/*; do \
 USER ckan
 RUN cd ${APP_DIR}/src/ckanext-wri && pip3 install -r requirements.txt && pip3 install -r dev-requirements.txt && pip3 install -e .
 
-RUN ckan config-tool ${CKAN_INI} "ckan.plugins = image_view text_view webpage_view resource_proxy datatables_view datastore datapusher activity s3filestore scheming_datasets scheming_organizations scheming_groups harvest wri wri_harvester auth hierarchy_display hierarchy_form hierarchy_group_form issues envvars"
+ENV CKAN__PLUGINS image_view text_view webpage_view resource_proxy datatables_view datastore datapusher activity s3filestore scheming_datasets scheming_organizations scheming_groups harvest wri wri_harvester auth hierarchy_display issues envvars
+
+RUN ckan config-tool ${CKAN_INI} "ckan.plugins = ${CKAN__PLUGINS}"
 RUN ckan config-tool ${CKAN_INI} "ckan.auth.create_user_via_web = false"
 RUN ckan config-tool ${CKAN_INI} "ckan.root_path = /private-admin/{{LANG}}"
 
@@ -87,16 +89,8 @@ COPY setup/supervisord.conf /etc/supervisord.conf
 COPY setup/supervisor.worker.conf /etc/supervisord.d/worker.conf
 COPY setup/supervisor.harvest.conf /etc/supervisord.d/harvest.conf
 
-ENV SUPERVISOR_USER=root
-ENV SUPERVISOR_HOME=/srv/app
-
-RUN sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_USER|${SUPERVISOR_USER}|g" /etc/supervisord.d/harvest.conf && \
-  sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_HOME|${SUPERVISOR_HOME}|g" /etc/supervisord.d/harvest.conf && \
-  sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_USER|${SUPERVISOR_USER}|g" /etc/supervisord.d/worker.conf && \
-  sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_HOME|${SUPERVISOR_HOME}|g" /etc/supervisord.d/worker.conf && \
-  sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_HOME|${SUPERVISOR_HOME}|g" /etc/supervisord.conf
-
 RUN chown -R ckan:ckan /etc/supervisord.d
 RUN chown -R ckan:ckan /etc/supervisord.conf
 
 USER ckan
+
diff --git a/deployment/ckan/setup/start_ckan.sh.override b/deployment/ckan/setup/start_ckan.sh.override
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index c57c9ed03..9e0e5dcef
--- a/deployment/ckan/setup/start_ckan.sh.override
+++ b/deployment/ckan/setup/start_ckan.sh.override
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
 # Run the prerun script to init CKAN and create the default admin user
 python3 prerun.py
 
@@ -30,6 +31,11 @@ echo "From GitHub Actions: $GITHUB_ACTIONS"
 # Check if we are running in GitHub Actions
 if [ "$GITHUB_ACTIONS" = "true" ]; then
   UWSGI_OPTS="$UWSGI_OPTS --single-interpreter --manage-script-name --mount /private-admin=/srv/app/wsgi.py"
+  SUPERVISOR_USER='root'
+  SUPERVISOR_HOME='/tmp'
+else
+  SUPERVISOR_USER='ckan'
+  SUPERVISOR_HOME='/srv/app'
 fi
 echo "Starting CKAN with the following uwsgi options: $UWSGI_OPTS"
 
@@ -38,6 +44,17 @@ export SCRIPT_NAME="/private-admin"
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]
 then
     # Start supervisord
+    echo "==================================="
+    echo "SUPERVISOR_USER: $SUPERVISOR_USER"
+    echo "SUPERVISOR_HOME: $SUPERVISOR_HOME"
+    echo "==================================="
+
+    sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_USER|$SUPERVISOR_USER|g" /etc/supervisord.d/harvest.conf
+    sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_HOME|$SUPERVISOR_HOME|g" /etc/supervisord.d/harvest.conf
+    sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_USER|$SUPERVISOR_USER|g" /etc/supervisord.d/worker.conf
+    sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_HOME|$SUPERVISOR_HOME|g" /etc/supervisord.d/worker.conf
+    sed -i "s|SUPERVISOR_HOME|$SUPERVISOR_HOME|g" /etc/supervisord.conf
+
     supervisord --configuration /etc/supervisord.conf &
     # Start uwsgi
     uwsgi $UWSGI_OPTS