diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index ec166b7..7fdc28f 100755
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ install_sources() {
         fi
 
         chown $synapse_user:root -R $final_path
+        chown $synapse_user:root ../conf/requirement_$(lsb_release --codename --short).txt
         pip3 install --upgrade cffi ndg-httpsclient psycopg2 lxml jinja2
         sudo -u $synapse_user env PATH=$PATH pip3 install --upgrade -r ../conf/requirement_$(lsb_release --codename --short).txt