diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-searx b/src/freedombone-app-searx
index 68bc1cf73e1b6d9a04f818b658049e41dda52e7c..6980be4a84ba1babe0c8e59265428faf43679a3e 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-searx
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-searx
@@ -58,11 +58,19 @@ function logging_off_searx {
 function searx_set_default_background {
     if [ -f "$rootdir/root/${PROJECT_NAME}/img/backgrounds/searx.jpg" ]; then
         cp "$rootdir/root/${PROJECT_NAME}/img/backgrounds/searx.jpg" "$rootdir/etc/searx/searx/static/themes/courgette/img/bg-body-index.jpg"
-        chown -R searx:searx "$rootdir${SEARX_PATH}/searx"
+        if [ "$rootdir" ]; then
+            chroot "$rootdir" chown -R searx:searx "${SEARX_PATH}/searx"
+        else
+            chown -R searx:searx "$rootdir${SEARX_PATH}/searx"
+        fi
     else
         if [ -f "$rootdir/home/$MY_USERNAME/${PROJECT_NAME}/img/backgrounds/searx.jpg" ]; then
             cp "$rootdir/home/$MY_USERNAME/${PROJECT_NAME}/img/backgrounds/searx.jpg" "$rootdir/etc/searx/searx/static/themes/courgette/img/bg-body-index.jpg"
-            chown -R searx:searx "$rootdir${SEARX_PATH}/searx"
+            if [ "$rootdir" ]; then
+                chroot "$rootdir" chown -R searx:searx "${SEARX_PATH}/searx"
+            else
+                chown -R searx:searx "$rootdir${SEARX_PATH}/searx"
+            fi
         fi
     fi
 
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-search b/src/freedombone-utils-search
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 93147941e2554916729c4871108a355a6c5ec11c..9d652893feca91249b0d20886f7d5341d382f3aa
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-search
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-search
@@ -34,11 +34,19 @@ SEARX_PORT=8888
 function searx_set_default_background {
     if [ -f "$rootdir/root/${PROJECT_NAME}/img/backgrounds/searx.jpg" ]; then
         cp "$rootdir/root/${PROJECT_NAME}/img/backgrounds/searx.jpg" "$rootdir/etc/searx/searx/static/themes/courgette/img/bg-body-index.jpg"
-        chown -R searx:searx "$rootdir${SEARX_PATH}/searx"
+        if [ "$rootdir" ]; then
+           chroot "$rootdir" chown -R searx:searx "${SEARX_PATH}/searx"
+        else
+           chown -R searx:searx "$rootdir${SEARX_PATH}/searx"
+        fi
     else
         if [ -f "$rootdir/home/$MY_USERNAME/${PROJECT_NAME}/img/backgrounds/searx.jpg" ]; then
             cp "$rootdir/home/$MY_USERNAME/${PROJECT_NAME}/img/backgrounds/searx.jpg" "$rootdir/etc/searx/searx/static/themes/courgette/img/bg-body-index.jpg"
-            chown -R searx:searx "$rootdir${SEARX_PATH}/searx"
+            if [ "$rootdir" ]; then
+                chroot "$rootdir" chown -R searx:searx "${SEARX_PATH}/searx"
+            else
+                chown -R searx:searx "$rootdir${SEARX_PATH}/searx"
+            fi
         fi
     fi