diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-xmpp b/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
index 534a293a..447785f7 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
@@ -660,7 +660,6 @@ function install_xmpp_main {
 
     cp /etc/ssl/certs/xmpp.* /etc/prosody/certs
     cp /etc/ssl/private/xmpp.* /etc/prosody/certs
-    chown -R prosody /etc/prosody
     update_default_domain
 
     xmpp_create_config
@@ -668,6 +667,11 @@ function install_xmpp_main {
     # TODO comment this out after debian supports prosody 0.10 or later
     install_xmpp_nightly
 
+    chown -R prosody /etc/prosody
+    chown -R prosody /var/lib/prosody
+    chown -R prosody /usr/lib/prosody
+    chmod -R 700 /etc/prosody/conf.d
+
     systemctl restart prosody
 
     prosodyctl register $MY_USERNAME $DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME "$XMPP_PASSWORD"