diff --git a/dev-ml/ollama/files/ollama b/dev-ml/ollama/files/ollama
index ea8442e320..cbd7877680 100644
--- a/dev-ml/ollama/files/ollama
+++ b/dev-ml/ollama/files/ollama
@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@
 description="Ollama Service"
 command="/usr/bin/ollama"
 command_args="serve"
-command_user="root"
-command_group="users"
+command_user="ollama"
+command_group="ollama"
 command_background="yes"
 pidfile="/run/ollama.pid"
 log="/var/log/ollama.log"
 
-# Environment variable pointing to models location
-export OLLAMA_MODELS="/usr/share/ollama/models"
-
 # Ollama allows cross-origin requests from 127.0.0.1 and 0.0.0.0 by default.
 # Additional origins can be configured with OLLAMA_ORIGINS.
 # export OLLAMA_ORIGINS="<ip>"
diff --git a/dev-ml/ollama/ollama-9999.ebuild b/dev-ml/ollama/ollama-9999.ebuild
index 62369f2779..2694711753 100644
--- a/dev-ml/ollama/ollama-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ml/ollama/ollama-9999.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,15 @@ BDEPEND="
 	)
 "
 
-DEPEND="${BDEPEND}"
+RDEPEND="
+	acct-group/ollama
+	acct-user/ollama
+"
+
+IDEPEND="
+	acct-group/ollama
+	acct-user/ollama
+"
 
 pkg_pretend() {
 	if use amd; then
@@ -53,6 +61,9 @@ src_compile() {
 }
 
 src_install() {
+	touch /var/log/ollama.log || die
+	fowners ollama:ollama /var/log/ollama.log
+
 	dobin ollama
 	doinitd "${FILESDIR}"/ollama
 	fperms 0755 /etc/init.d/ollama