diff --git a/docker/rootfs/bin/common.sh b/docker/rootfs/bin/common.sh
index 913dd3e1..13cf06ac 100644
--- a/docker/rootfs/bin/common.sh
+++ b/docker/rootfs/bin/common.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ export CYAN BLUE YELLOW RED RESET
 PUID=${PUID:-0}
 PGID=${PGID:-0}
 
+# If changing the username and group name below,
+# ensure all references to this user is also changed.
+# See docker/rootfs/etc/logrotate.d/nginx-proxy-manager
+# and docker/rootfs/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 NPMUSER=npm
 NPMGROUP=npm
 NPMHOME=/tmp/npmuserhome
diff --git a/docker/rootfs/etc/logrotate.d/nginx-proxy-manager b/docker/rootfs/etc/logrotate.d/nginx-proxy-manager
index 20c23ac6..275b0aa6 100644
--- a/docker/rootfs/etc/logrotate.d/nginx-proxy-manager
+++ b/docker/rootfs/etc/logrotate.d/nginx-proxy-manager
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /data/logs/*_access.log /data/logs/*/access.log {
-    create 0644 root root
+    su npm npm
+    create 0644
     weekly
     rotate 4
     missingok
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@
 }
 
 /data/logs/*_error.log /data/logs/*/error.log {
-    create 0644 root root
+    su npm npm
+    create 0644
     weekly
     rotate 10
     missingok