diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-radicale b/src/freedombone-app-radicale
index 17fd9615c22d7efa4322af5e37cc411347ba773c..9d5f84e8d962ee8b6efaf67fc1441af926178748 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-radicale
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-radicale
@@ -299,6 +299,9 @@ function remove_radicale {
     if [ -d /var/log/radicale ]; then
         rm -rf /var/log/radicale
     fi
+    if [ -d /var/lib/radicale ]; then
+        rm -rf /var/lib/radicale
+    fi
 
     remove_completion_param install_radicale
     sed -i '/radicale/d' $COMPLETION_FILE
@@ -412,6 +415,11 @@ function install_radicale {
     echo "{\"tag\": \"VADDRESSBOOK\", \"D:displayname\": \"${addresses_str}\"}" > /var/www/radicale/collections/addresses.props
     touch /var/www/radicale/collections/addresses
 
+    if [ ! -d /var/lib/radicale ]; then
+        mkdir /var/lib/radicale
+    fi
+    chown radicale:radicale /var/lib/radicale
+
     chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/radicale
     chmod -R 755 /var/www/radicale
     chown -R www-data:www-data ${RADICALE_DIRECTORY}