diff --git a/bitnami/symfony/Dockerfile b/bitnami/symfony/Dockerfile
index 63af8ac1c903..cc17e33973ff 100644
--- a/bitnami/symfony/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/symfony/Dockerfile
@@ -19,18 +19,14 @@ RUN bitnami-pkg install mysql-client-10.1.13-4 --checksum 14b45c91dd78b37f0f2366
 RUN bitnami-pkg install mariadb-10.1.14-4 --checksum 4a75f4f52587853d69860662626c64a4540126962cd9ee9722af58a3e7cfa01b
 
 # Install symfony
-RUN bitnami-pkg unpack symfony-2.8.9-0 --checksum fb3b9e203f4abcd435bbbe79b41fe1f394b06f3036cde1315b61caed231bc9e0
+RUN bitnami-pkg unpack symfony-2.8.9-0 --checksum 10de26781562de9ac73c010fce5f36d9e84b2c793d880b5f8df4831ae722ecf7
 
 COPY rootfs /
 
-VOLUME ["/app"]
-
 EXPOSE 8000
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-USER bitnami
-
 ENV TERM=xterm
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/app-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/bitnami/symfony/rootfs/app-entrypoint.sh b/bitnami/symfony/rootfs/app-entrypoint.sh
index 65e0bda55bb7..1c459ccd3bf6 100755
--- a/bitnami/symfony/rootfs/app-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/bitnami/symfony/rootfs/app-entrypoint.sh
@@ -9,22 +9,18 @@ export SYMFONY_PROJECT_NAME=${SYMFONY_PROJECT_NAME:-"app_template"}
 
 PROJECT_DIRECTORY=/app/$SYMFONY_PROJECT_NAME
 DEPLOY="$@"
-OLDHOME=$HOME
-HOME=/root
 
 log () {
     echo -e "\033[0;33m$(date "+%H:%M:%S")\033[0;37m ==> $1."
 }
 
-sudo harpoon restart mariadb
+harpoon restart mariadb
 echo "Starting application ..."
 
 if [ "$1" == "php" -a "$2" == "-S" ] ; then
     if [ ! -d $PROJECT_DIRECTORY ] ; then
-      sudo harpoon initialize symfony --inputs-file=/symfony-inputs.json
       log "Creating example Symfony application"
-      cd /app
-      sudo harpoon execute symfony createProject $SYMFONY_PROJECT_NAME
+      harpoon execute symfony createProject $SYMFONY_PROJECT_NAME
       log "Symfony app created"
       cd $SYMFONY_PROJECT_NAME
     else
@@ -37,5 +33,4 @@ if [ "$1" == "php" -a "$2" == "-S" ] ; then
   DEPLOY="$@ -t $PROJECT_DIRECTORY/web/"
 fi
 
-HOME=$OLDHOME
 exec /entrypoint.sh $DEPLOY