diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index 40c97a8..602831b 100755
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -15,15 +15,8 @@ final_path=/var/www/linuxdash
 sudo mkdir -p $final_path
 sudo cp -a ../sources/* $final_path
 
-# Files owned by root, www-data can just read
-sudo find $final_path -type f | xargs sudo chmod 644
-sudo find $final_path -type d | xargs sudo chmod 755
-sudo chown -R root: $final_path
-
-# except for data and tmp subdir, where www-data must have write permissions
-sudo mkdir -p $final_path/{data,tmp}
-sudo chown www-data:root $final_path/{data,tmp}
-sudo chmod 700 $final_path/{data,tmp}
+# Set permissions
+sudo chown -R www-data: $final_path
 
 # Modify Nginx configuration file and copy it to Nginx conf directory
 sed -i "s@YNH_WWW_PATH@$path@g" ../conf/nginx.conf
diff --git a/scripts/upgrade b/scripts/upgrade
index 4beb137..8aedbb9 100644
--- a/scripts/upgrade
+++ b/scripts/upgrade
@@ -12,14 +12,8 @@ final_path=/var/www/linuxdash
 sudo mkdir -p $final_path
 sudo cp -a ../sources/* $final_path
 
-# Files owned by root, www-data can just read
-sudo find $final_path -type f | xargs sudo chmod 644
-sudo find $final_path -type d | xargs sudo chmod 755
-sudo chown -R root: $final_path
-
-# except for data and tmp subdir, where www-data must have write permissions
-sudo chown www-data:root $final_path/{data,tmp}
-sudo chmod 700 $final_path/{data,tmp}
+# Set permissions
+sudo chown -R www-data: $final_path
 
 # Modify Nginx configuration file and copy it to Nginx conf directory
 sed -i "s@YNH_WWW_PATH@$path@g" ../conf/nginx.conf