diff --git a/build-helpers/make-linux-build-docker-inner.sh b/build-helpers/make-linux-build-docker-inner.sh
index 7a88c095c186d9e22f5527870926e6fbbee77141..43ce1020196a4872e5031ef54af876b71ef33d32 100755
--- a/build-helpers/make-linux-build-docker-inner.sh
+++ b/build-helpers/make-linux-build-docker-inner.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ set -x
 mkdir /tmp/build
 cd /tmp/build
 
+useradd -d /home/user -m -s /bin/bash user
+
 yum install -y git python-devel tar gcc gcc-c++ mercurial numpy
 
 VENV_VERSION="virtualenv-1.9.1"
@@ -13,30 +15,21 @@ rm -Rf "$VENV_VERSION"
 curl -k https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/$VENV_VERSION.tar.gz | tar xfz -
 
 VIRTUALENV=virtualenv
-$VENV_VERSION/virtualenv.py --no-setuptools .env
-
-#curl -k https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap-py24/ez_setup.py | python -
-curl -k https://ssl.tiker.net/software/ez_setup.py | python -
-if test "$py_version" = "2.5"; then
-  # pip 1.3 is the last release with Python 2.5 support
-  hash -r
-  which easy_install
-  easy_install 'pip==1.3.1'
-  PIP="pip --insecure"
-else
-  #curl -k https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/1.4/contrib/get-pip.py | python -
-  curl http://git.tiker.net/pip/blob_plain/77f959a3ce9cc506efbf3a17290d387d0a6624f5:/contrib/get-pip.py | python -
-
-  PIP="pip"
-fi
+$VENV_VERSION/virtualenv.py --system-site-packages --no-setuptools .env
 
 source .env/bin/activate
 
+curl -k https://ssl.tiker.net/software/ez_setup.py | python -
+curl http://git.tiker.net/pip/blob_plain/77f959a3ce9cc506efbf3a17290d387d0a6624f5:/contrib/get-pip.py | python -
+
 pip install pyinstaller
 git clone --recursive git://github.com/inducer/loopy
 cd loopy
 
 grep -v pyopencl requirements.txt > myreq.txt
 pip install -r myreq.txt
+python setup.py install
+
+chown -R user /tmp/build
 
-./build-helpers/run-pyinstaller.sh
+su user -p -c "cd /tmp/build && source .env/bin/activate && cd loopy && ./build-helpers/run-pyinstaller.sh"
diff --git a/build-helpers/make-linux-build-docker.sh b/build-helpers/make-linux-build-docker.sh
index 3df2f27af98a48a36bd98f254be56832229f36f0..2deb2935e429a7d4281d3c09e884fb5df92125fc 100755
--- a/build-helpers/make-linux-build-docker.sh
+++ b/build-helpers/make-linux-build-docker.sh
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ docker start -i $CNT
 
 docker cp $CNT:/tmp/build/loopy/dist/loopy $(pwd) || true
 
+mv loopy loopy-centos6-$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
+
 docker rm $CNT