diff --git a/ct/kodi-v1.sh b/ct/kodi-v1.sh
index d936b5ba..6d17b607 100644
--- a/ct/kodi-v1.sh
+++ b/ct/kodi-v1.sh
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ pct start $CTID
 msg_ok "Pre-started LXC Container"
 
 VIDEO_GID=$(pct exec ${CTID} getent group video | cut -d: -f3)
+RENDER_GID=$(pct exec ${CTID} getent group render | cut -d: -f3)
 TTY_GID=$(pct exec ${CTID} getent group tty | cut -d: -f3)
 INPUT_GID=$(pct exec ${CTID} getent group input | cut -d: -f3)
 AUDIO_GID=$(pct exec ${CTID} getent group audio | cut -d: -f3)
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ lxc.idmap: u 0 100000 65536
 EOF
     #TODO internalize code to generate mapping instad of using external python script
     LXC_SUB_CONF=$(python3 -c "$(wget -qLO - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ddimick/proxmox-lxc-idmapper/master/run.py)" \
-      ${VIDEO_GID}=$(getent group video | cut -d: -f3) ${TTY_GID}=$(getent group tty | cut -d: -f3) ${INPUT_GID}=$(getent group input | cut -d: -f3) ${AUDIO_GID}=$(getent group audio | cut -d: -f3)) 
+      ${VIDEO_GID}=$(getent group video | cut -d: -f3) ${RENDER_GID}=$(getent group render | cut -d: -f3) ${TTY_GID}=$(getent group tty | cut -d: -f3) ${INPUT_GID}=$(getent group input | cut -d: -f3) ${AUDIO_GID}=$(getent group audio | cut -d: -f3)) 
     echo "$LXC_SUB_CONF" | grep 'lxc.idmap: g ' >> $LXC_CONFIG
     # on host add rights to map gids but only if they are not already in the file
     echo "$LXC_SUB_CONF" | sed -n '/subgid/,// { /subgid/! p }' | while read line; do cat /etc/subgid | sed 's/[[:blank:]]*//g' | grep -qxF "$line" || echo $line >> /etc/subgid; done
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ EOF
 /bin/chmod 755 /dev/dri
 /bin/chown :${VIDEO_GID} /dev/dri/*
 /bin/chmod 660 /dev/dri/*
-/bin/chown :${VIDEO_GID} /dev/renderD128
+/bin/chown :${RENDER_GID} /dev/renderD128
 /bin/chmod 660 /dev/renderD128
 /bin/chown :${TTY_GID} /dev/tty7
 /bin/chown :${INPUT_GID} /dev/input/*
diff --git a/setup/kodi-install.sh b/setup/kodi-install.sh
index a19b5513..8c5b4a6e 100644
--- a/setup/kodi-install.sh
+++ b/setup/kodi-install.sh
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ msg_info "Setting Up kodi user"
 useradd -d /home/kodi -m kodi &>/dev/null
 gpasswd -a kodi audio &>/dev/null
 gpasswd -a kodi video &>/dev/null
+gpasswd -a kodi render &>/dev/null
 groupadd -r autologin &>/dev/null
 gpasswd -a kodi autologin &>/dev/null
 gpasswd -a kodi input &>/dev/null #to enable direct access to devices
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ __EOF__
 cat > /etc/systemd/system/lightdm.service.d/override.conf << __EOF__
 [Service]
 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c '/usr/local/bin/preX-populate-input.sh'
-SupplementaryGroups=video input audio tty
+SupplementaryGroups=video render input audio tty
 __EOF__
 systemctl daemon-reload
 msg_ok "Set up device detection for xorg"