diff --git a/stub_lxc_profile.sh b/stub_lxc_profile.sh
index 37fd0e4..5be1b9c 100755
--- a/stub_lxc_profile.sh
+++ b/stub_lxc_profile.sh
@@ -111,12 +111,28 @@ if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = base ]; then
         ssh_authorized_keys:
           - ${SSH_AUTHORIZED_KEY}
 
-      - path: /etc/docker/daemon.json
-        content: |
-              {
-                "registry-mirrors": ["${REGISTRY_URL}"]
-              }
+EOF
 
+    if [ "$REGISTRY_URL" != "https://index.docker.io/v1" ]; then
+        cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
+    write_files:
+      - path: /etc/docker/daemon.json
+        permissions: 0644
+        owner: root
+        content: |
+            {
+                "registry-mirrors": [
+                  "${REGISTRY_URL}"
+                ]
+            }
+
+
+EOF
+
+    fi
+
+
+    cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
     runcmd:
       - sudo mkdir -m 0755 -p /etc/apt/keyrings
       - curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
@@ -124,6 +140,7 @@ if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = base ]; then
       - sudo apt-get update
       - sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
       - sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y openssh-server
+      - sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu /home/ubuntu/
 
 EOF