diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 5404f97..398331e 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ffmpeg && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ffmpeg gosu && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 COPY backend/requirements.txt ./backend/requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r backend/requirements.txt && pip install --no-cache-dir -U yt-dlp
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ COPY backend/ ./backend/
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/backend/entrypoint.sh"]
 CMD ["uvicorn", "backend.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]
diff --git a/backend/entrypoint.sh b/backend/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7522a64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+chown -R 1000:1000 /data 2>/dev/null || true
+exec gosu 1000:1000 "$@"
diff --git a/backend/services/ytdlp.py b/backend/services/ytdlp.py
index 1a71596..79eebaf 100644
--- a/backend/services/ytdlp.py
+++ b/backend/services/ytdlp.py
@@ -462,8 +462,10 @@ def start_download(
 
             file_path = None
             stream_index = 0
+            output_lines: list[str] = []
             for line in process.stdout:
                 line = line.strip()
+                output_lines.append(line)
                 if re.search(r"\[download\] Destination:", line):
                     stream_index += 1
                 m = re.search(r"\[download\]\s+([\d.]+)%", line)
@@ -480,7 +482,10 @@ def start_download(
                 resolution = detect_resolution(file_path) if file_path else None
                 on_complete(download_id, file_path, resolution)
             else:
-                on_error(download_id, f"yt-dlp exited with code {process.returncode}")
+                tail = "\n".join(output_lines[-20:]) if output_lines else "(no output)"
+                import logging
+                logging.getLogger(__name__).error("yt-dlp failed (code %d):\n%s", process.returncode, tail)
+                on_error(download_id, f"yt-dlp exited with code {process.returncode}:\n{tail}")
 
     thread = threading.Thread(target=_run_download, daemon=True)
     thread.start()