diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
index eca07e4..399088b 100644
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1.2
+2.1.6
diff --git a/cflinuxfs2/Dockerfile b/cflinuxfs2/Dockerfile
index e8253dc..a88d727 100644
--- a/cflinuxfs2/Dockerfile
+++ b/cflinuxfs2/Dockerfile
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ RUN bash /tmp/build/configure-core-dump-directory.sh
 RUN bash /tmp/build/configure-firstboot.sh
 RUN bash /tmp/build/diego-prep.sh
 
+# create the vcap for garden and warden
+RUN useradd -mU -s /bin/bash vcap
+
 # /app must exist so we can bind-mount it to /home/vcap in seed
 RUN mkdir /app