diff --git a/otherworld b/otherworld
index e2d0c7e..722dd74 100755
--- a/otherworld
+++ b/otherworld
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ DEFAULT_COMMAND = ["bash"]
 
 GENERATED_IMAGE_NAME_TEMPLATE = "image_{container_name}"
 
+CREATE_USER_BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT="""
+chown {user} /home/{user}
+chown {user} /home/{user}/.config
+cd /home/{user}
+cp -Rv /etc/skel .
+chown -R {user} skel
+mv skel/* skel/.* .
+rm -rf skel
+"""
+
 def get_generated_image_name (container_name):
     return GENERATED_IMAGE_NAME_TEMPLATE.format(container_name=container_name)
 
@@ -56,8 +66,7 @@ def docker_create_user (container, user, uid=None):
     if uid is not None:
         command = command + ["--uid", str(uid)]
     call(command)
-    call(["docker", "exec", container, "chown", user, f"/home/{user}"])
-    call(["docker", "exec", container, "chown", user, f"/home/{user}/.config"])
+    call(["docker", "exec", container, "sh", "-c", CREATE_USER_BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT.format(user=user)])
 
 def docker_start (container):
     call(["docker", "start", container])