diff --git a/production/install b/production/install
index db48abaab..f2ecc5dd1 100755
--- a/production/install
+++ b/production/install
@@ -1199,8 +1199,8 @@ case $OS in
         osGroupCreate "${CLN_GROUP}"
         osUserCreate "${CLN_USER}" "${CLN_HOME}" "${CLN_GROUP}"
         osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" chsh -s `which zsh` "${CLN_USER}"
-        osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" chown -R "${CLN_USER}:${CLN_GROUP}" "${CLN_HOME}"
         osSudo "${CLN_USER}" touch "${CLN_HOME}/.zshrc"
+        osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" chown -R "${CLN_USER}:${CLN_GROUP}" "${CLN_HOME}"
 
         echo "[*] Installing Core Lightning package"
         osPackageInstall ${CLN_PKG}