diff --git a/ws.Dockerfile b/ws.Dockerfile
index 3f729424b7352b1fe0a6824b1f6d071d2ff4ceb9..3a61732e451a3b758fd1b946e4412165512b957a 100644
--- a/ws.Dockerfile
+++ b/ws.Dockerfile
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 USER root
 
-RUN chown -R usgs-user:usgs-user /app
+RUN mkdir /asset-output  \
+    && chown -R usgs-user:usgs-user /app \
+    && chown -R usgs-user:usgs-user /asset-output
 
 USER usgs-user