diff --git a/make/photon/core/Dockerfile b/make/photon/core/Dockerfile
index 39b7cf574b..994348aaa1 100644
--- a/make/photon/core/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/core/Dockerfile
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ COPY ./make/migrations /harbor/migrations
 
 RUN chmod u+x /harbor/start.sh /harbor/harbor_core
 WORKDIR /harbor/
-	
-ENTRYPOINT ["/harbor/start.sh"]
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/harbor/harbor_core"]
diff --git a/make/photon/core/harbor_core b/make/photon/core/harbor_core
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..031f62d4f8
Binary files /dev/null and b/make/photon/core/harbor_core differ
diff --git a/make/photon/core/start.sh b/make/photon/core/start.sh
index 20267e6718..82595202ec 100644
--- a/make/photon/core/start.sh
+++ b/make/photon/core/start.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-sudo -E -u \#10000 "/harbor/harbor_core"
+#! sh
+./harbor/harbor_core