diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index cf00df4..5489909 100755
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ sudo cp ../conf/dokuwiki.php $final_path/conf
 sudo cp ../conf/acl.auth.php $final_path/conf
 
 # Files owned by www-data can just read
-sudo find $final_path -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 0644
-sudo find $final_path -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 0755
+sudo find $final_path -type f -print0 | xargs sudo chmod 0644
+sudo find $final_path -type d -print0 | xargs sudo chmod 0755
 sudo chown -R www-data: $final_path
 
 # except for conf, data, some data subfolders, and lib/plugin, where www-data must have write permissions
diff --git a/scripts/upgrade b/scripts/upgrade
index fea7a1a..be1327a 100755
--- a/scripts/upgrade
+++ b/scripts/upgrade
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ sudo touch $final_path/doku.php
 grep -Ev '^($|#)' ../sources/data/deleted.files | xargs -I {} sudo rm -vrf $final_path/{}
 
 # Files owned by www-data can just read
-sudo find $final_path -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 0644
-sudo find $final_path -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 0755
+sudo find $final_path -type f -print0 | xargs sudo chmod 0644
+sudo find $final_path -type d -print0 | xargs sudo chmod 0755
 sudo chown -R www-data: $final_path
 
 # except for conf, data, some data subfolders, and lib/plugin, where www-data must have write permissions