diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index dfb38c3..9fb0008 100644
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ mkdir -p "$final_path/files"
 chmod 750 "$final_path"
 chmod -R o-rwx "$final_path"
 chown -R $app:www-data "$final_path"
+chown -R root:root "$final_path/vikunja"
 chmod +x "$final_path/vikunja/vikunja"
 
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