diff --git a/config/squid/squid.conf b/config/squid/squid.conf
index 172db78..2516193 100644
--- a/config/squid/squid.conf
+++ b/config/squid/squid.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# set user and group
+cache_effective_user squid
+cache_effective_group squid
+
 # store coredumps in the first cache dir
 coredump_dir /data/cache/squid