diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1b20eb5..901fa69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Have a try here: <a href="http://0bin.net">0bin.net</a>
 
 It allows anybody to host a pastebin while welcoming any type of content to be pasted in it. The idea is that one can (probably...) not be legally entitled to <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pastebin-to-hunt-for-hacker-pastes-anonymous-cries-censorship/11336">moderate the pastebin content</a> as he/she has no way to decrypt it.
 
-It's an Python implementation of the <a href="https://github.com/sebsauvage/ZeroBin/">zerobin project</a>.
+It's an Python implementation of the <a href="https://github.com/sebsauvage/ZeroBin/">zerobin project</a>. It's easy to install even if you know nothing about Python.
 
 How it works
 =============
diff --git a/src/utils.py b/src/utils.py
index 217f791..a54bcea 100644
--- a/src/utils.py
+++ b/src/utils.py
@@ -14,19 +14,25 @@ except (AttributeError):
     pass # privilege does't work on several plateform
 
 
-def drop_privileges():
-    time.sleep(5)
-    if settings.USER:
-        settings.GROUP = settings.GROUP or settings.USER
+def drop_privileges(user=None, group=None, wait=5):
+    """
+        Try to set the process user and group to another one.
+        If no group is provided, it's set to the same as the user.
+        You can wait for a certain time before doing so.
+    """
+    if wait:
+        time.sleep(wait)
+    if user:
+        group = group or user
         try:
-            user = coerce_user(settings.USER)
-            group = coerce_group(settings.GROUP)
+            user = coerce_user(user)
+            group = coerce_group(group)
 
             lock_files =  glob.glob(os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(),
                                                  'bottle.*.lock'))
             for lock_file in lock_files:
                 os.chown(lock_file, user, group)
 
-            drop_privileges_permanently(settings.USER, settings.GROUP, ())
+            drop_privileges_permanently(user, group, ())
         except Exception:
             print "Failed to drop privileges. Running with current user."
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diff --git a/start.py b/start.py
index 80ce6db..d1fccab 100755
--- a/start.py
+++ b/start.py
@@ -111,14 +111,15 @@ def error404(code):
 
 @clize.clize
 def runserver(host=settings.HOST, port=settings.PORT, debug=settings.DEBUG,
-              serve_static=settings.DEBUG):
+              serve_static=settings.DEBUG, user=settings.USER,
+              group=settings.GROUP):
 
     if serve_static:
         @app.route('/static/<filename:path>')
         def server_static(filename):
             return static_file(filename, root=settings.STATIC_FILES_ROOT)
 
-    thread.start_new_thread(drop_privileges, ())
+    thread.start_new_thread(drop_privileges, (user, group))
 
     if debug:
         bottle.debug(True)