diff --git a/crates/dev_container/src/devcontainer_manifest.rs b/crates/dev_container/src/devcontainer_manifest.rs
index 9927a639542619464f559a5853071433b20b4823..04815f5406f695be39ac919b35fcf430a2fbd623 100644
--- a/crates/dev_container/src/devcontainer_manifest.rs
+++ b/crates/dev_container/src/devcontainer_manifest.rs
@@ -1875,7 +1875,7 @@ RUN sed -i -E 's/((^|\s)PATH=)([^\$]*)$/\1\${PATH:-\3}/g' /etc/profile || true
                         .run_docker_exec(
                             &devcontainer_up.container_id,
                             &remote_folder,
-                            "root",
+                            &devcontainer_up.remote_user,
                             &devcontainer_up.remote_env,
                             command,
                         )
@@ -1889,7 +1889,7 @@ RUN sed -i -E 's/((^|\s)PATH=)([^\$]*)$/\1\${PATH:-\3}/g' /etc/profile || true
                         .run_docker_exec(
                             &devcontainer_up.container_id,
                             &remote_folder,
-                            "root",
+                            &devcontainer_up.remote_user,
                             &devcontainer_up.remote_env,
                             command,
                         )
@@ -2371,8 +2371,6 @@ fn image_from_dockerfile(dockerfile_contents: String, target: &Option<String>) -
         })
 }
 
-// Container user things
-// This should come from spec - see the docs
 fn get_remote_user_from_config(
     docker_config: &DockerInspect,
     devcontainer: &DevContainerManifest,