diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot b/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
index 4ee36d5c..d17d1ebc 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
@@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ function mesh_install_scuttlebot {
 
     cat <<EOF > "$rootdir/usr/bin/install_scuttlebot"
 #!/bin/bash
+chown -R $(whoami):$(whoami) $(npm config get prefix)/{lib/node_modules,bin,share}
+chown -R $(whoami):$(whoami) ~/.npm
 if ! npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g scuttlebot@${SCUTTLEBOT_VERSION}; then
     exit 2
 fi