diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/20-directories b/root/etc/cont-init.d/20-directories
index 1de5d650e9ea27e0e3c295a05222c8915b1c87c3..411d1204c7c3f0fa955e64e53b59800678ad2399 100755
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/20-directories
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/20-directories
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ mkdir -p /var/log/funkwhale
 mkdir -p /app/api/staticfiles
 
 # ownership
+chown funkwhale:funkwhale /data
 chown -R funkwhale:funkwhale /app
 chown -R funkwhale:funkwhale /var/log/funkwhale
 chown -R funkwhale:funkwhale /run/postgresql