diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 7fc4f6e2c..f39d7f1f9 100644
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -2,33 +2,39 @@
 
 export PATH=$PATH:./cmd/authelia-scripts/:./node_modules/.bin:/tmp
 
-if [ -z "$OLD_PS1" ]; then
+if [[ -z "$OLD_PS1" ]]; then
   OLD_PS1="$PS1"
   export PS1="(authelia) $PS1"
 fi
 
-if [ $(id -u) = 0 ]; then
+if [[ $(id -u) = 0 ]]; then
   echo "Cannot run as root, defaulting to UID 1000"
   export USER_ID=1000
+elif [[ $(uname) == "Darwin" ]]; then
+  echo "Normalise for OSX, defaulting to UID 1000"
+  export USER_ID=1000
 else
   export USER_ID=$(id -u)
 fi
 
-if [ $(id -g) = 0 ]; then
+if [[ $(id -g) = 0 ]]; then
   echo "Cannot run as root, defaulting to GID 1000"
   export GROUP_ID=1000
+elif [[ $(uname) == "Darwin" ]]; then
+  echo "Normalise for OSX, defaulting to GID 1000"
+  export GROUP_ID=1000
 else
   export GROUP_ID=$(id -g)
 fi
 
-if [ "$CI" == "true" ]; then
+if [[ "$CI" == "true" ]]; then
   true
 else
   export CI=false
 fi
 
 echo "[BOOTSTRAP] Checking if Go is installed..."
-if [ ! -x "$(command -v go)" ];
+if [[ ! -x "$(command -v go)" ]];
 then
   echo "[ERROR] You must install Go on your machine.";
   return