patching voting system

Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Dockerfile for Excommunicado Discord Bot
 FROM python:3.12-slim
 
+# Unbuffered stdout/stderr so logs appear immediately in `docker logs`
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    LOG_LEVEL=INFO
+
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -13,11 +18,11 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 # Copy the rest of the application
 COPY . .
 
-# Create data directory for persistence
-RUN mkdir -p /app/data
-
-# Create non-root user for security
-RUN useradd -m botuser && chown -R botuser:botuser /app
+# Create non-root user and give it ownership of the app + data directory.
+# UID/GID 1000 is referenced by the named-volume / chown instructions in the README.
+RUN useradd -m -u 1000 botuser \
+    && mkdir -p /app/data \
+    && chown -R botuser:botuser /app
 USER botuser
 
 # Run the bot