ECS not allowing me to save files so increasing container privileges in Dockerfile

Dockerfile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # First stage: build dependencies
-FROM public.ecr.aws/docker/library/python:3.10.13-slim AS build
+FROM public.ecr.aws/docker/library/python:3.10.13-slim
 
 # Install wget
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y wget
@@ -20,14 +20,11 @@ RUN git lfs install
 RUN git clone https://huggingface.co/BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5 /model/bge
 RUN rm -rf /model/bge/.git
 
-# Second stage: final image
-FROM build AS final
-
 # Set up a new user named "user" with user ID 1000
-RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
+#RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
 
 # Switch to the "user" user
-USER user
+#USER user
 
 # Set home to the user's home directory
 ENV HOME=/home/user \
@@ -38,13 +35,14 @@ ENV HOME=/home/user \
 	GRADIO_NUM_PORTS=1 \
 	GRADIO_SERVER_NAME=0.0.0.0 \
 	GRADIO_THEME=huggingface \
-	GRADIO_ROOT_PATH=/data_text_search \
+	#GRADIO_ROOT_PATH=/data_text_search \
 	SYSTEM=spaces
  
 # Set the working directory to the user's home directory
 WORKDIR $HOME/app
 
 # Copy the current directory contents into the container at $HOME/app setting the owner to the user
-COPY --chown=user . $HOME/app
+#COPY --chown=user . $HOME/app
+COPY . $HOME/app
 
 CMD ["python", "app.py"]

app.py

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ from search_funcs.semantic_functions import docs_to_bge_embed_np_array, bge_simp
 from search_funcs.helper_functions import display_info, initial_data_load, put_columns_in_join_df, get_temp_folder_path, empty_folder 
 from search_funcs.spacy_search_funcs import spacy_fuzzy_search
 
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+app = FastAPI()
+
 # Attempt to delete temporary files generated by previous use of the app (as the files can be very big!)
 temp_folder_path = get_temp_folder_path()
 empty_folder(temp_folder_path)
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@ empty_folder(temp_folder_path)
 ## Gradio app - BM25 search
 block = gr.Blocks(theme = gr.themes.Base())
 
+
 with block:
     print("Please don't close this window! Open the below link in the web browser of your choice.")
 
@@ -193,7 +197,9 @@ depends on factors such as the type of documents or queries. Information taken f
 #block.queue().launch(debug=True) 
 
 # Running on local server without specifying port
-block.queue().launch(server_name="0.0.0.0") 
+block.queue().launch(server_name="0.0.0.0")#, root_path="/data_text_search") 
+
+#app = gr.mount_gradio_app(app, block, path="/data_text_search")
 
 # Running on local server without https
 #block.queue().launch(server_name="0.0.0.0", server_port=7861, ssl_verify=False)