diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 11bb1c3..b94d16b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ ADD 03_setup_root_path.sh /etc/cont-init.d/03_setup_root_path
 ADD 04_copy_env.sh /etc/cont-init.d/04_copy_env
 ADD 05_setup_rsession_parameters.sh /etc/cont-init.d/05_setup_rsession_parameters
 
+# Copy a script that we will use to correct permissions after running certain commands
+COPY fix-permissions /usr/local/bin/fix-permissions
+RUN chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/fix-permissions
+
 # Create NB_USER with name jovyan user with UID=1000 and in the 'users' group
 # and make sure these dirs are writable by the `users` group.
 RUN echo "auth requisite pam_deny.so" >> /etc/pam.d/su && \
@@ -66,9 +70,6 @@ RUN apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" > /etc/locale.gen && \
     locale-gen
 
-# Copy a script that we will use to correct permissions after running certain commands
-COPY fix-permissions /usr/local/bin/fix-permissions
-RUN chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/fix-permissions
 
 # Enable prompt color in the skeleton .bashrc before creating the default NB_USER
 # hadolint ignore=SC2016