diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-turtl b/src/freedombone-app-turtl
index 426304da..87a26107 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-turtl
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-turtl
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ __ENDCONFIG__
     rm $TURTL_BASE_DIR/quicklisp_install
 
     install_rethinkdb
+    echo "http-port=8091" > /etc/rethinkdb/instances.d/turtl.conf
+    chown -R rethinkdb:rethinkdb /var/lib/rethinkdb
 
     # install turtl API
     cd $TURTL_BASE_DIR/