diff --git a/java/coherence-operator/src/main/java/com/oracle/coherence/k8s/CoherenceOperatorLifecycleListener.java b/java/coherence-operator/src/main/java/com/oracle/coherence/k8s/CoherenceOperatorLifecycleListener.java
index 867501ac..cfa27832 100644
--- a/java/coherence-operator/src/main/java/com/oracle/coherence/k8s/CoherenceOperatorLifecycleListener.java
+++ b/java/coherence-operator/src/main/java/com/oracle/coherence/k8s/CoherenceOperatorLifecycleListener.java
@@ -282,8 +282,21 @@ void initCohCtl() {
             String defaultProtocol = provider == null || provider.isEmpty() ? "http" : "https";
             String protocol        = Config.getProperty("coherence.operator.cli.protocol", defaultProtocol);
             String home            = System.getProperty("user.home");
+            File   fileHome        = new File(home);
             String connectionType  = "http";
 
+            if (!fileHome.exists() || !fileHome.isDirectory()) {
+                LOGGER.info("CoherenceOperator: user home \"" + home
+                        + "\" does not exist, creating default cohctl config at /coherence-operator/utils");
+                home = "/coherence-operator/utils";
+                fileHome = new File(home);
+            }
+
+            if (!fileHome.exists() || !fileHome.isDirectory()) {
+                LOGGER.error("CoherenceOperator: Cannot create cohctl config, directory " + home + " does not exist");
+                return;
+            }
+
             File cohctlHome = new File(home + File.separator + ".cohctl");
             File configFile = new File(cohctlHome, "cohctl.yaml");
 
@@ -320,7 +333,7 @@ void initCohCtl() {
             }
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
-            LOGGER.error(e, "Coherence Operator: Failed to create default cohctl config");
+            LOGGER.error("Coherence Operator: Failed to create default cohctl config. " + e.getMessage());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/pkg/runner/cmd_initialise.go b/pkg/runner/cmd_initialise.go
index df7d76e1..23f02277 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/cmd_initialise.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/cmd_initialise.go
@@ -88,9 +88,11 @@ func initialiseWithEnv(cmd *cobra.Command, getEnv EnvFunction) (bool, error) {
 	persistenceTrashDir := persistenceDir + pathSep + "trash"
 	persistenceSnapshotsDir := persistenceDir + pathSep + "snapshots"
 
-	snapshotDir, err := flagSet.GetString(ArgSnapshotsDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
+	clusterName := getEnv(v1.EnvVarCohClusterName)
+	if clusterName != "" {
+		persistenceActiveDir = persistenceActiveDir + pathSep + clusterName
+		persistenceTrashDir = persistenceTrashDir + pathSep + clusterName
+		persistenceSnapshotsDir = persistenceSnapshotsDir + pathSep + clusterName
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println("Starting container initialisation")
@@ -168,32 +170,12 @@ func initialiseWithEnv(cmd *cobra.Command, getEnv EnvFunction) (bool, error) {
 		dirNames = append(dirNames, persistenceActiveDir, persistenceTrashDir, persistenceSnapshotsDir)
 	}
 
-	_, err = os.Stat(snapshotDir)
-	if err == nil {
-		// if "/snapshot" exists then we'll create the cluster snapshot directory
-		clusterName := getEnv(v1.EnvVarCohClusterName)
-		if clusterName != "" {
-			snapshotClusterDir := pathSep + "snapshot" + pathSep + clusterName
-			dirNames = append(dirNames, snapshotClusterDir)
-		}
-	}
-
 	for _, dirName := range dirNames {
 		fmt.Printf("Creating directory %s\n", dirName)
 		err = os.MkdirAll(dirName, os.ModePerm)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
-		info, err := os.Stat(dirName)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
-		}
-		if info.Mode().Perm() != os.ModePerm {
-			err = os.Chmod(dirName, os.ModePerm)
-			if err != nil {
-				return false, err
-			}
-		}
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println("Finished container initialisation")
diff --git a/test/e2e/remote/persistence-active-snapshot-security.yaml b/test/e2e/remote/persistence-active-snapshot-security.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e811cf47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/remote/persistence-active-snapshot-security.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+apiVersion: coherence.oracle.com/v1
+kind: Coherence
+metadata:
+  name: snapshot-cluster
+spec:
+  role: one
+  replicas: 1
+  image: ${TEST_APPLICATION_IMAGE}
+  imagePullPolicy: ${TEST_IMAGE_PULL_POLICY}
+  securityContext:
+    runAsUser: 1000
+    runAsGroup: 1000
+    fsGroup: 1000
+    fsGroupChangePolicy: "OnRootMismatch"
+  readinessProbe:
+    initialDelaySeconds: 10
+    periodSeconds: 10
+  coherence:
+    cacheConfig: test-cache-config.xml
+    management:
+      enabled: true
+    persistence:
+      mode: active
+      persistentVolumeClaim:
+        accessModes:
+        - ReadWriteOnce
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            storage: 2Gi
+      snapshots:
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          accessModes:
+          - ReadWriteOnce
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              storage: 2Gi
+  jvm:
+    args:
+      - "-Dcoherence.k8s.operator.health.logs=true"
+  application:
+    main: com.oracle.coherence.k8s.testing.RestServer
+  ports:
+  - name: management
+    port: 30000
+  - name: rest
+    port: 8080
diff --git a/test/e2e/remote/persistence_test.go b/test/e2e/remote/persistence_test.go
index 1ebd3e03..71f6b68c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/remote/persistence_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/remote/persistence_test.go
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ func TestSnapshotWithActivePersistence(t *testing.T) {
 	assertPersistence("persistence-active-snapshot.yaml", "snapshot-volume", true, true, true, t)
 }
 
+// Deploy a Coherence resource with both persistence and snapshot configured and a securityContext so
+// that the container is not running as the root user.
+// Persistence will be active, a PVC will be created for the StatefulSet. Put data in a cache, take a snapshot,
+// delete the deployment, re-deploy the deployment, recover the snapshot, assert that the data is recovered.
+func TestSnapshotWithActivePersistenceWithSecurityContext(t *testing.T) {
+	// Make sure we defer clean-up when we're done!!
+	testContext.CleanupAfterTest(t)
+	assertPersistence("persistence-active-snapshot-security.yaml", "snapshot-volume", true, true, true, t)
+}
+
 func assertPersistence(yamlFile, pVolName string, isSnapshot, isClearCanary, isRestart bool, t *testing.T) {
 	g := NewGomegaWithT(t)
 	ns := helper.GetTestNamespace()