diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e612505..db53eae 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ RUN git clone -b release-clm5.0 https://github.com/ESCOMP/CTSM.git ctsm \
  && cd ..
 
 RUN mkdir -p /inputdata
+RUN chmod 777 -R /inputdata
 VOLUME ["/inputdata"]
 ENV PATH="/model/ctsm/cime/scripts:${NCDIR}/bin:${PATH}" \
     LANG=C.UTF-8
@@ -122,8 +123,6 @@ WORKDIR /home/${USER}/cesm
 RUN chown -R clm:clm /home /home/${USER} /home/${USER}/.cime \
  && chmod 755 -R /home/${USER}/.cime /home/${USER} 
 
-RUN chown -R clm:clm /inputdata \
- && chmod 777 -R /inputdata
 
 USER ${USER}
 CMD bash