diff --git a/scripts/init-repo.sh b/scripts/init-repo.sh
index 3f3509a..c4af4e6 100644
--- a/scripts/init-repo.sh
+++ b/scripts/init-repo.sh
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ HAPPY_LOG="/tmp/happy-coder.log"
 touch "$HAPPY_LOG"
 chown "$RUN_UID:$RUN_GID" "$HAPPY_LOG"
 
-# Start Happy Coder as the app user (use numeric UID for compatibility with baseimage-gui)
-sudo -u "#$RUN_UID" bash -c "cd '$WORKSPACE_DIR' && happy-coder > '$HAPPY_LOG' 2>&1 &"
+# Start Happy Coder (already running as the correct user via baseimage-gui)
+bash -c "cd '$WORKSPACE_DIR' && happy-coder > '$HAPPY_LOG' 2>&1 &"
 
 # Save PID for monitoring
 echo $! > /tmp/happy-coder.pid
diff --git a/scripts/startapp.sh b/scripts/startapp.sh
index ffb9dbe..3002e63 100644
--- a/scripts/startapp.sh
+++ b/scripts/startapp.sh
@@ -18,5 +18,4 @@ echo "Opening Antigravity in: $WORKSPACE_DIR"
 
 # Start Antigravity (VSCode) in the workspace directory as claude user
 # The baseimage-gui will handle the GUI display
-RUN_UID="${USER_ID:-1000}"
-exec sudo -u "#$RUN_UID" code --new-window --wait "$WORKSPACE_DIR"
+exec code --new-window --wait "$WORKSPACE_DIR"