diff --git a/server-ce/init_scripts/00_make_sharelatex_data_dirs.sh b/server-ce/init_scripts/00_make_sharelatex_data_dirs.sh
index 6085a087da..7857b984fb 100755
--- a/server-ce/init_scripts/00_make_sharelatex_data_dirs.sh
+++ b/server-ce/init_scripts/00_make_sharelatex_data_dirs.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/sharelatex/tmp/uploads
 mkdir -p /var/lib/sharelatex/tmp/dumpFolder
 chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/sharelatex/tmp/dumpFolder
 
+chown www-data:www-data /var/www/
+
 if [ ! -e "/var/lib/sharelatex/data/db.sqlite" ]; then
        touch /var/lib/sharelatex/data/db.sqlite
 fi