Pod fails in deployment due to npm cache root-owned files.

I have a Node.js pod that works as a standalone pod, but fails in a deployment due to npm cache root-owned files.

Error suggests permission issue with npm cache folder. Need help resolving this issue.

Im using:
CRC version: 2.29.0+da5f55
OpenShift version: 4.14.1
Podman version: 4.4.4

Repo that has the error:
https://github.com/natewilcox/ocp_test

Error:
Server listening at http://localhost:8080
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! syscall mkdir
npm ERR! path /.npm
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Your cache folder contains root-owned files, due to a bug in
npm ERR! previous versions of npm which has since been addressed.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! To permanently fix this problem, please run:
npm ERR! sudo chown -R 1000660000:0 "/.npm"
npm ERR! Log files were not written due to an error writing to the directory: /.npm/_logs
npm ERR! You can rerun the command with

--loglevel=verbose