diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index 244e91a..8f1b84e 100644
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ myynh_setup_python_venv() {
     # Always recreate everything fresh with current python version
     ynh_secure_remove "$data_dir/venv"
 
-    # Skip pip because of: https://github.com/YunoHost/issues/issues/1960
-    python3 -m venv --without-pip "$data_dir/venv"
-
     chown -c -R "$app:" "$data_dir"
 
+    # Skip pip because of: https://github.com/YunoHost/issues/issues/1960
+    ynh_exec_as $app python3 -m venv --without-pip "$data_dir/venv"
+
     # run source in a 'sub shell'
     (
         set +o nounset
@@ -126,4 +126,3 @@ ynh_redis_remove_db() {
 	local db=$1
 	redis-cli -n "$db" flushall
 }
-