diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index ec15f4a68b5bdc5b54ee456b560bc9953692432c..280e180edca943780cb410c8899902451b3898f0 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -8278,6 +8278,7 @@ function install_rss_reader_gnusocial {
 
     # update to the next commit
     set_repo_commit $RSS_READER_GNUSOCIAL_PATH "RSS reader gnusocial commit" "$RSS_READER_GNUSOCIAL_COMMIT" $RSS_READER_GNUSOCIAL_REPO
+    chown -R www-data:www-data $RSS_READER_GNUSOCIAL_PATH
 
     if grep -Fxq "install_rss_reader_gnusocial" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
         return
@@ -8299,6 +8300,7 @@ function install_rss_reader_gnusocial {
     if ! grep -q "RSS reader gnusocial commit" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
         echo "RSS reader gnusocial commit:$RSS_READER_GNUSOCIAL_COMMIT" >> $COMPLETION_FILE
     fi
+    chown -R www-data:www-data $RSS_READER_GNUSOCIAL_PATH
     echo "  define('gnusocial_url', '$MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME');" >> $RSS_READER_PATH/config.php
 
     echo 'install_rss_reader_gnusocial' >> $COMPLETION_FILE