diff --git a/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh b/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh
index cb3e98f69..b6e25ced4 100644
--- a/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh
+++ b/home.admin/_bootstrap.sh
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ if [ ${#network} -gt 0 ] && [ ${#chain} -gt 0 ]; then
   if [ "${LNBits}" = "on" ]; then
     echo "updating macaroons for LNBits fresh on start" >> $logFile
     sudo -u admin /home/admin/config.scripts/bonus.lnbits.sh write-macaroons >> $logFile
+    sudo chown admin:admin -R /mnt/hdd/app-data/LNBits
   fi
 
 else 
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.lnbits.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.lnbits.sh
index 18c1e4315..0b2836fe7 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.lnbits.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.lnbits.sh
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "1" ] || [ "$1" = "on" ]; then
 
     # set database path to HDD data so that its survives updates and migrations
     sudo mkdir /mnt/hdd/app-data/LNBits 2>/dev/null
-    sudo chown admin:admin /mnt/hdd/app-data/LNBits
+    sudo chown admin:admin -R /mnt/hdd/app-data/LNBits
     echo "LNBITS_DATA_FOLDER=/mnt/hdd/app-data/LNBits" >> /home/admin/lnbits/.env
  
     # make sure in settings file LND is set as funding source