diff --git a/src/freedombone-image b/src/freedombone-image
index b263cecd3de3d34752fb09ac8c266a3e36589bd2..b8b460499d3af9d94a7d9cc420635e89c7ef92e6 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image
+++ b/src/freedombone-image
@@ -667,8 +667,6 @@ do
     if [ "$no_of_files" -gt 0 ]; then
         # shellcheck disable=SC2086
         mv build/${PROJECT_NAME}*.${im} ${CURR_DIR}/
-        # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-        sudo chown "${CURR_USER}":"${CURR_USER}" ${CURR_DIR}/*.${im}
     fi
 done
 
@@ -730,6 +728,7 @@ if [[ $IMAGE_TYPE != "qemu"* ]]; then
     echo ''
     echo $'To compress:'
     echo ''
+    echo "  sudo chown $CURR_USER: ${IMAGE_FILENAME}"
     echo "  xz --no-warn --verbose --keep --threads=0 -3 ${IMAGE_FILENAME}"
     echo ''
     echo $'To sign:'