diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bcebd74c..909cdef9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-FROM arm32v7/adoptopenjdk:11-jre-hotspot
+FROM ubuntu:20.04
 
 LABEL maintainer "itzg"
 
 RUN apt-get update \
   && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
   apt-get install -y \
+    openjdk-8-jre \
     openssl \
     imagemagick \
     lsof \
@@ -23,9 +24,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 HEALTHCHECK --start-period=1m CMD mc-monitor status --host localhost --port $SERVER_PORT
 
 RUN addgroup --gid 1000 minecraft \
-  && adduser --system --shell /bin/false --uid 1000 --ingroup minecraft --home /home/minecraft minecraft \
-  && mkdir -m 777 /data \
-  && chown minecraft:minecraft /data /home/minecraft
+  && adduser --system --shell /bin/false --uid 1000 --ingroup minecraft --home /data minecraft
 
 EXPOSE 25565 25575
 
diff --git a/start-configuration b/start-configuration
index 0d6290c9..f91293b9 100644
--- a/start-configuration
+++ b/start-configuration
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ shopt -s nullglob
 #umask 002
 export HOME=/data
 
+log "Running as uid=$(id -u) gid=$(id -g) with /data as '$(ls -lnd /data)'"
+
 if [ ! -e /data/eula.txt ]; then
   EULA="${EULA,,}"
   if [ "$EULA" != "true" ]; then
@@ -28,15 +30,6 @@ if [ ! -e /data/eula.txt ]; then
 fi
 
 
-log "Running as uid=$(id -u) gid=$(id -g) with /data as '$(ls -lnd /data)'"
-
-if ! touch /data/.verify_access; then
-  log "ERROR: /data doesn't seem to be writable. Please make sure attached directory is writable by uid=$(id -u)"
-  exit 2
-fi
-
-rm /data/.verify_access || true
-
 if [[ $PROXY ]]; then
     export http_proxy="$PROXY"
     export https_proxy="$PROXY"