diff --git a/molecule/default/Dockerfile.j2 b/molecule/default/Dockerfile.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4ed6b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/default/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM geerlingguy/{{ item.image }}
+# Create `ansible` user with sudo permissions and membership in `DEPLOY_GROUP`
+ENV ANSIBLE_USER=ansible SUDO_GROUP=sudo DEPLOY_GROUP=deployer
+RUN set -xe \
+  && groupadd -r ${ANSIBLE_USER} \
+  && groupadd -r ${DEPLOY_GROUP} \
+  && useradd -m -g ${ANSIBLE_USER} ${ANSIBLE_USER} \
+  && usermod -aG ${SUDO_GROUP} ${ANSIBLE_USER} \
+  && usermod -aG ${DEPLOY_GROUP} ${ANSIBLE_USER} \
+  && sed -i "/^%${SUDO_GROUP}/s/ALL\$/NOPASSWD:ALL/g" /etc/sudoers
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/molecule/default/converge.yml b/molecule/default/converge.yml
index cab603f..538e287 100644
--- a/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: Converge
   hosts: all
+  become: yes
 
   tasks:
     - name: Include this role
diff --git a/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index 79591d4..fbfc71d 100644
--- a/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ driver:
       ansible_connection: local
 platforms:
   - name: instance
-    image: "geerlingguy/docker-${MOLECULE_DISTRO:-ubuntu2004}-ansible:latest"
-    pre_build_image: true
+    image: "docker-${MOLECULE_DISTRO:-ubuntu2004}-ansible:latest"
 provisioner:
   name: ansible
   log: True
+  inventory:
+    host_vars:
+      instance:
+        ansible_user: ansible
 verifier:
   name: ansible
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 7788cbe..9f8abd6 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
     recurse: no
   register: settings_sync_ext_find
   become: no
+- name: Install additional packages in order to be able to run the extension installation below
+# Might be obsolete with the official settings sync function
+  apt:
+    pkg:
+      - libx11-xcb1
+      - libasound2
 - name: Install code-settings-sync extension
   command: code --install-extension shan.code-settings-sync
   become: no