diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index de1c76d..4cde6e2 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## v0.22.1
+- Re-adding support for the `uid` and `gid` command line flags.
+- Allowing the older use of mounting with `sudo`, although, this is discouraged. The new command:
+```
+dxfuse MNT your_project
+```
+
+The older method:
+```
+sudo dxfuse -uid $(id -u) -gid $(id -g) MNT your_project
+```
+
+
 ## v0.22
 - Use github actions for continuous integration (CI/CD)
 - Eliminate the use of `sudo` for starting up the filesystem. Normal user permissions are now sufficient to start and stop the filesystem. This assumes that the fuse device (`/dev/fuse`) is open for read/write access to regular users.
diff --git a/cli/main.go b/cli/main.go
index 7ab7735..a9468e4 100644
--- a/cli/main.go
+++ b/cli/main.go
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ var (
 	debugFuseFlag = flag.Bool("debugFuse", false, "Tap into FUSE debugging information")
 	daemon = flag.Bool("daemon", false, "An internal flag, do not use it")
 	fsSync = flag.Bool("sync", false, "Sychronize the filesystem and exit")
+	gid = flag.Int("gid", -1, "User group id (gid)")
 	help = flag.Bool("help", false, "display program options")
 	readOnly = flag.Bool("readOnly", false, "mount the filesystem in read-only mode")
+	uid = flag.Int("uid", -1, "User id (uid)")
 	verbose = flag.Int("verbose", 0, "Enable verbose debugging")
 	version = flag.Bool("version", false, "Print the version and exit")
 )
@@ -80,6 +82,17 @@ func initLog(logFile string) *os.File {
 	return f
 }
 
+func getUser() user.User {
+	user, err := user.Current()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	if user == nil {
+		panic("asking the OS for the user returned nil")
+	}
+	return *user
+}
+
 // Mount the filesystem:
 //  - setup the debug log to the FUSE kernel log (I think)
 func fsDaemon(
@@ -99,6 +112,13 @@ func fsDaemon(
 	logger.Printf("starting fsDaemon")
 	mountOptions := make(map[string]string)
 
+	user := getUser()
+	if user.Uid == "0" {
+		// Allow users other than root to access the filesystem
+		logger.Printf("started the filesystem as root, allowing other users access")
+		mountOptions["allow_other"] = ""
+	}
+
 	// capture debug output from the FUSE subsystem
 	var fuse_logger *log.Logger
 	if *debugFuseFlag {
@@ -168,21 +188,27 @@ func waitForReady(logFile string) string {
 
 // get the current user Uid and Gid
 func initUidGid() (uint32, uint32) {
-	user, err := user.Current()
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	// get the user ID
-	u, err := strconv.Atoi(user.Uid)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+	user := getUser()
+
+	// by default, use the user id specified on the command line
+	var err error
+	u := *uid
+	if u == -1 {
+		// get the user ID
+		u, err = strconv.Atoi(user.Uid)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
 	}
 
+	// by default, use the group id specified on the command line
 	// get the group ID
-	g, err := strconv.Atoi(user.Gid)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+	g := *gid
+	if g == -1 {
+		g, err = strconv.Atoi(user.Gid)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
 	}
 	return uint32(u), uint32(g)
 }
@@ -320,13 +346,20 @@ func buildDaemonCommandLine(cfg Config, fullManifestPath string) []string {
 	if (*fsSync) {
 		daemonArgs = append(daemonArgs, "-sync")
 	}
-
+	if (*gid != -1) {
+		args := []string { "-gid", strconv.FormatInt(int64(*gid), 10) }
+		daemonArgs = append(daemonArgs, args...)
+	}
 	if (*readOnly) {
 		daemonArgs = append(daemonArgs, "-readOnly")
 	}
+	if (*uid != -1) {
+		args := []string { "-uid", strconv.FormatInt(int64(*uid), 10) }
+		daemonArgs = append(daemonArgs, args...)
+	}
 	if (*verbose > 0) {
-		verboseArgs := []string { "-verbose", strconv.FormatInt(int64(*verbose), 10) }
-		daemonArgs = append(daemonArgs, verboseArgs...)
+		args := []string { "-verbose", strconv.FormatInt(int64(*verbose), 10) }
+		daemonArgs = append(daemonArgs, args...)
 	}
 
 	positionalArgs := []string{ cfg.mountpoint, fullManifestPath }
@@ -403,6 +436,7 @@ func main() {
 	validateConfig(cfg)
 
 	logFile := dxfuse.MakeFSBaseDir() + "/" + dxfuse.LogFile
+	fmt.Printf("The log file is located at %s\n", logFile)
 
 	if *daemon {
 		// This will be true -only- in the child sub-process
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 607cec4..3d5573f 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const (
 	MaxDirSize          = 10 * 1000
 	MaxNumFileHandles   = 1000 * 1000
 	NumRetriesDefault   = 3
-	Version             = "v0.22"
+	Version             = "v0.22.1"
 )
 const (
 	InodeInvalid       = 0