diff --git a/errbot/Dockerfile b/errbot/Dockerfile
index 18f2fa0..a204643 100644
--- a/errbot/Dockerfile
+++ b/errbot/Dockerfile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ RUN set -xe \
                           openssl-dev \
                           python3 \
                           python3-dev \
+    && pip3 install -U pip \
     && pip3 install errbot \
                     hypchat \
                     irc \
@@ -30,7 +31,11 @@ RUN set -xe \
 
 USER errbot
 WORKDIR /home/errbot
-RUN errbot --init
+
+RUN set -xe \
+    && mkdir -p ~/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages \
+    && errbot --init
+
 VOLUME /home/errbot
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["errbot"]
diff --git a/errbot/README.md b/errbot/README.md
index cffb2d1..40ac8eb 100644
--- a/errbot/README.md
+++ b/errbot/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ $ mkdir -m 777 data
 $ docker-compose run --rm errbot --init
 $ vim data/config.py
 $ docker-compose up -d
+$ docker-compose exec --user root errbot sh
+>>> chmod 777 /usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages
+>>> chmod 777 /usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/__pycache__
+>>> exit
 ```
 
 Check the example config.py [here][2].
diff --git a/errbot/arm/Dockerfile b/errbot/arm/Dockerfile
index 6b1b62d..1c86005 100644
--- a/errbot/arm/Dockerfile
+++ b/errbot/arm/Dockerfile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ RUN set -xe \
                           openssl-dev \
                           python3 \
                           python3-dev \
+    && pip3 install -U pip \
     && pip3 install errbot \
                     hypchat \
                     irc \
@@ -30,7 +31,11 @@ RUN set -xe \
 
 USER errbot
 WORKDIR /home/errbot
-RUN errbot --init
+
+RUN set -xe \
+    && mkdir -p ~/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages \
+    && errbot --init
+
 VOLUME /home/errbot
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["errbot"]