diff --git a/conf/systemd.service b/conf/systemd.service
index a7758cd..6420396 100644
--- a/conf/systemd.service
+++ b/conf/systemd.service
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Type=simple
 User=__APP__
 Group=__APP__
 WorkingDirectory=__FINALPATH__/
-ExecStartPre=-/bin/bash -c 'chown __APP__:__APP__ /etc/__APP__/'
+ExecStartPre=-/bin/bash -c 'chown -R __APP__:__APP__ /etc/__APP__/'
 ExecStartPre=-/bin/bash -c 'cat /etc/__APP__/config.d/*.toml > /etc/__APP__/config.toml'
 ExecStart=__FINALPATH__/live/__APP__ /etc/__APP__/config.toml
 StandardOutput=append:/var/log/__APP__/__APP__.log