diff --git a/applications/templates/template-rstudio-root.yml b/applications/templates/template-rstudio-root.yml
index d90d35d6f..ce946bb37 100644
--- a/applications/templates/template-rstudio-root.yml
+++ b/applications/templates/template-rstudio-root.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     openshift.io/display-name: RStudio
     description: |-
-      Start RStudio with the rstudio user which has root permissions (sudo).
+      Start RStudio with the 'root' as username which has root permissions (sudo).
 
       🔑 Default credentials are
-      - login: rstudio
+      - login: root
       - password: $user_password
 
       🐳 Available images with this template:
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ objects:
                 name: "${APPLICATION_NAME}"
           - name: ROOT
             value: "TRUE"
+          - name: RUNROOTLESS
+            value: 'true'
           - name: OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS
             value: "${OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS}"
         automountServiceAccountToken: false