diff --git a/dockerfiles/dovecot/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/dovecot/Dockerfile
index 3c68cf1..19df711 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/dovecot/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/dovecot/Dockerfile
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ RUN apk --no-cache add dovecot dovecot-lmtpd dovecot-submissiond bash
 # RUN wget https://github.com/dovecot/docker/blob/main/2.3.21/dovecot.list
 # RUN cp dovecot.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d
 
-COPY password_file /etc/dovecot/secrets/dovecot_password_file
+COPY password_file /etc/dovecot/dovecot_password_file
 COPY dovecot.conf /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
+COPY startup.sh /usr/bin/startup.sh
+RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/startup.sh
 
 EXPOSE 24
 EXPOSE 143
 EXPOSE 993
 
-CMD [ "dovecot", "-F" ]
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+CMD [ "startup.sh" ]
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diff --git a/dockerfiles/dovecot/dovecot.conf b/dockerfiles/dovecot/dovecot.conf
index ef59f46..b2e671e 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/dovecot/dovecot.conf
+++ b/dockerfiles/dovecot/dovecot.conf
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ userdb {
 }
 
 ssl=no
+disable_plaintext_auth=no
 # ssl_cert=<cert.pem
 # ssl_key=<key.pem
 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/dovecot/password_file b/dockerfiles/dovecot/password_file
index ab7c372..460891f 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/dovecot/password_file
+++ b/dockerfiles/dovecot/password_file
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-user:{PLAIN}password
-user2:{PLAIN}password2
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+user:{PLAIN}password:::
+user2:{PLAIN}password2:::
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diff --git a/dockerfiles/dovecot/startup.sh b/dockerfiles/dovecot/startup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b250aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/dovecot/startup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cp -n /etc/dovecot/dovecot_password_file /etc/dovecot/secrets/dovecot_password_file
+
+exec dovecot -F
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