diff --git a/app_containers/.local/bin/run_app_container b/app_containers/.local/bin/run_app_container
index 0d08a15..9bd1a27 100755
--- a/app_containers/.local/bin/run_app_container
+++ b/app_containers/.local/bin/run_app_container
@@ -5,24 +5,9 @@ die() {
   exit 1
 }
 
-cleanup() {
-  rm -rf "$container_xdg_runtime"
-  # Remove the temporary facl-based permissions
-  setfacl -x u:$((user_on_host)) $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/$WAYLAND_DISPLAY
-  xhost -si:localuser:\#$((user_on_host))
-
-  for input in $(find /dev/input -type c); do
-    sudo setfacl -x u:$user_on_host $input
-  done
-}
-
 [ -z "$CONTAINER_NAME" ] && die "\$CONTAINER_NAME not set"
 [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && die "\$DISPLAY not set (you must run the script in a desktop environment"
 
-# Use a GUI-available askpass program for sudo
-# This should be made configurable
-export SUDO_ASKPASS=$HOME/.local/bin/askpass-bemenu 
-
 # Source configuration files if any
 config="$HOME/.config/app_containers/$CONTAINER_NAME.sh"
 if [ -f "$config" ]; then
@@ -30,8 +15,8 @@ if [ -f "$config" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Create a XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for guest on host
-container_xdg_runtime="$(mktemp -d -p /var/tmp)"
-trap cleanup EXIT
+container_xdg_runtime="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf -- "$container_xdg_runtime"' EXIT
 
 # Link the current wayland session to the container's xdg runtime
 # Note that the session itself must be bind-mounted first
@@ -52,52 +37,17 @@ fi
 
 [ -S $host_pulse ] || die "PulseAudio UNIX socket not found"
 
-# Default user
-run_as=$UID
+# Default username (assume `user` always has the same uid as the host user)
+run_as=user
+homedir=/home/user
 if [ "$CONTAINER_RUN_AS_ROOT" = true ]; then
-  run_as=0
+  run_as=root
+  homedir=/root
 fi
 
-homedir=/
-for line in $(sudo -A cat /var/lib/machines/$CONTAINER_NAME/etc/passwd); do
-  if [ "$(echo "$line" | cut -d: -f3)" == "$run_as" ]; then
-    homedir="$(echo "$line" | cut -d: -f6)"
-    break
-  fi
-done
-
-# Userns-related config
-# Default to identity mapping, which does not provide uid isolation but does for capabilities
-private_users=identity
-bind_opts=""
-user_on_host=$run_as
-if [ "$CONTAINER_USE_USERNS" = true ]; then
-  private_users=$(shuf -i 65536-$((2147483647 - 65536)) -n1) # Pick a random starting offset
-  bind_opts="idmap"
-  user_on_host=$((private_users + run_as))
-fi
-
-# Grant the user inside the container access to the Wayland / Xorg display
-# For the Wayland socket, a simple facl rule would suffice
-# For Xorg, we need to use the `xhost` facilities
-setfacl -m u:$user_on_host:rwx $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/$WAYLAND_DISPLAY
-xhost +si:localuser:\#$user_on_host
-
-# Grant the user inside the container access to input devices
-# Note: any new device plugged in when the container is running would not
-# be added properly here.
-for input in $(find /dev/input -type c); do
-  sudo -A setfacl -m u:$user_on_host:rw- $input
-done
-
-# Bind-mounts defined by the user (possibly in the container-specific config file)
-# Format should be "src:target". target cannot be omitted
-for mount in ${CONTAINER_BIND_MOUNTS[@]}; do
-  SYSTEMD_NSPAWN_EXTRA_ARGS+=" --bind=$mount:$bind_opts"
-done
-
-sudo -A systemd-nspawn -M $CONTAINER_NAME \
-    --private-users=$private_users --private-users-ownership=map \
+SUDO_ASKPASS=$HOME/.local/bin/askpass-bemenu sudo -A systemd-nspawn -M $CONTAINER_NAME \
+    `# This doesn't provide userns isolation, but it does provide capability isolation` \
+    --private-users=identity \
     `# DNS (when containers do not have their own netns)` \
     --bind-ro=/run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf \
     `# GPU` \
@@ -107,7 +57,7 @@ sudo -A systemd-nspawn -M $CONTAINER_NAME \
     --bind-ro=/dev/input \
     --property=DeviceAllow='char-input r' \
     `# Xdg runtime` \
-    --bind=$container_xdg_runtime:/run/xdg:$bind_opts \
+    --bind=$container_xdg_runtime:/run/xdg \
     --setenv=XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/xdg \
     `# Xorg / Xwayland` \
     --bind=/tmp/.X11-unix \