diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index 810e201..5281279 100644
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -74,9 +74,10 @@ sudo ln -s "$data_path/uploads" "$final_path/uploads"
 sudo ln -s "$data_path/thumbs" "$final_path/thumbs"
 
 # set permissions
-sudo find "$final_path" -type f | xargs sudo chmod 0644
-sudo find "$final_path" -type d | xargs sudo chmod 0755
-sudo find "$data_path" -type d | xargs sudo chmod 0755
+sudo find "$final_path" -type f | xargs sudo chmod 0640
+sudo find "$final_path" -type d | xargs sudo chmod 0750
+sudo find "$data_path" -type d | xargs sudo chmod 0750
+sudo chown -R "$root":"$app" "$final_path"
 sudo chown -R "$app": "$final_path/private"
 sudo chown -R "$app": "$data_path/uploads"
 sudo chown -R "$app": "$data_path/thumbs"
diff --git a/scripts/upgrade b/scripts/upgrade
index b1fd93f..b94d819 100644
--- a/scripts/upgrade
+++ b/scripts/upgrade
@@ -74,10 +74,11 @@ sudo cp -a "$TMPDIR/." "$final_path"
 sudo rm -R "$TMPDIR"
 
 # set permissions
-sudo find "$final_path" -type f | xargs sudo chmod 0644
-sudo find "$final_path" -type d | xargs sudo chmod 0755
-sudo find "$data_path" -type f | xargs sudo chmod 0645
-sudo find "$data_path" -type d | xargs sudo chmod 0755
+sudo find "$final_path" -type f | xargs sudo chmod 0640
+sudo find "$final_path" -type d | xargs sudo chmod 0750
+sudo find "$data_path" -type f | xargs sudo chmod 0640
+sudo find "$data_path" -type d | xargs sudo chmod 0750
+sudo chown -R "$root":"$app" "$final_path"
 sudo chown -R "$app": "$final_path/private"
 sudo chown -R "$app": "$data_path/uploads"
 sudo chown -R "$app": "$data_path/thumbs"