diff --git a/states/dkron/defaults.yaml b/states/dkron/defaults.yaml
index d758c00..c8b2d7b 100644
--- a/states/dkron/defaults.yaml
+++ b/states/dkron/defaults.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ dkron:
   version: 3.0.5
   os: linux
   arch: amd64
+  uid: 904
+  gid: 904
   runuser: dkron
+  rungroup: dkron
   user: user
   password: password
   url: http://localhost:8898
diff --git a/states/dkron/install.sls b/states/dkron/install.sls
index a7a0081..38207fa 100644
--- a/states/dkron/install.sls
+++ b/states/dkron/install.sls
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 ---
 {%- from "dkron/map.jinja" import dkron with context %}
+dkron-group:
+  group.present:
+    - name: {{ dkron.rungroup }}
+    - gid: {{ dkron.gid }}
+
 dkron-user:
   user.present:
     - name: {{ dkron.runuser }}
+    - uid: {{ dkron.uid }}
+    - gid: {{ dkron.gid }}
     - shell: /bin/nologin
 
 dkron-archive-extract: