diff --git a/kubernetes/common/timescaledb/templates/statefulset.yaml b/kubernetes/common/timescaledb/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 9b63de4..435c925 100644
--- a/kubernetes/common/timescaledb/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/common/timescaledb/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "common.fullname" (dict "suffix" "read" "dot" . ) }}
       securityContext:
       {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
+      initContainers:
+        - name: chowm-mount-path
+          command:
+            - /bin/sh
+          args:
+            - -c
+            - chown -R {{ .Values.securityContext.runAsUser }}:{{ .Values.securityContext.runAsGroup }} /var/lib/postgresql/data
+          image: {{ include "repositoryGenerator.image.busybox" . }}
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
+          volumeMounts:
+            - mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data
+              name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
           image: {{ include "repositoryGenerator.dockerHubRepository" . }}/{{ .Values.image }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/common/timescaledb/values.yaml b/kubernetes/common/timescaledb/values.yaml
index b6d2fac..55acd92 100644
--- a/kubernetes/common/timescaledb/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/common/timescaledb/values.yaml
@@ -40,13 +40,15 @@
 podSecurityContext: {}
   # fsGroup: 2000
 
-securityContext: {}
+securityContext:
+  # Uid and gid to run the entrypoint of the container process (uid 70 is postgres user and gid 70 is postgres group)
+  runAsUser: 70
+  runAsGroup: 70
   # capabilities:
   #   drop:
   #   - ALL
   # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
   # runAsNonRoot: true
-  # runAsUser: 1000
 
 resources:
   # We usually recommend not to specify default resources and to leave this as a conscious