diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
index f4c7255e..3a4ebf48 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ function restore_local_gnusocial {
         gnusocial_dir=/var/www/${GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
         # stop the daemons
         cd $gnusocial_dir
-        scripts/stopdaemons.sh
+        su -c "sh scripts/stopdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
 
         function_check gnusocial_create_database
         gnusocial_create_database
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ function restore_local_gnusocial {
 
         # start the daemons
         cd $gnusocial_dir
-        scripts/startdaemons.sh
+        su -c "sh scripts/startdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
         echo $"Restore of gnusocial complete"
     fi
 }
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ function restore_remote_gnusocial {
 
         # stop the daemons
         cd /var/www/${GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
-        ./scripts/stopdaemons.sh
+        su -c "sh scripts/stopdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
 
         function_check gnusocial_create_database
         gnusocial_create_database
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ function restore_remote_gnusocial {
 
         # start the daemons
         cd /var/www/${GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
-        ./scripts/startdaemons.sh
+        su -c "sh scripts/startdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
         echo $"Restore of gnusocial complete"
     fi
 }
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ function remove_gnusocial {
     fi
     if [ -f /var/www/$GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/scripts/stopdaemons.sh ]; then
         cd /var/www/$GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/scripts
-        ./scripts/stopdaemons.sh
+        su -c "sh scripts/stopdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
     fi
     kill_pid=$(ps aux | grep /var/www/$GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/scripts/queuedaemon.php | awk -F ' ' '{print $2}' | head -n 1)
     kill -9 $kill_pid
diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
index f4fde09d..51ba08d0 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ function restore_local_postactiv {
         postactiv_dir=/var/www/${POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
         # stop the daemons
         cd $postactiv_dir
-        scripts/stopdaemons.sh
+        su -c "sh scripts/stopdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
 
         function_check postactiv_create_database
         postactiv_create_database
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ function restore_local_postactiv {
 
         # start the daemons
         cd $postactiv_dir
-        scripts/startdaemons.sh
+        su -c "sh scripts/startdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
     fi
 }
 
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ function restore_remote_postactiv {
 
         # stop the daemons
         cd /var/www/${POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
-        ./scripts/stopdaemons.sh
+        su -c "sh scripts/stopdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
 
         function_check postactiv_create_database
         postactiv_create_database
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ function restore_remote_postactiv {
 
         # start the daemons
         cd /var/www/${POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
-        ./scripts/startdaemons.sh
+        su -c "sh scripts/startdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
     fi
 }
 
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ function remove_postactiv {
     fi
     if [ -f /var/www/$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/scripts/stopdaemons.sh ]; then
         cd /var/www/$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/scripts
-        ./scripts/stopdaemons.sh
+        su -c "sh scripts/stopdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
     fi
     kill_pid=$(ps aux | grep /var/www/$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/scripts/queuedaemon.php | awk -F ' ' '{print $2}' | head -n 1)
     kill -9 $kill_pid
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools b/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools
index a72558fe..63cb812c 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ function gnusocial_hourly_script {
     echo '    MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=$ADMIN_USER@$HOSTNAME' >> /etc/cron.hourly/${gnusocial_type}-daemons
     echo -n "    echo \"Restarting ${gnusocial_type} daemons\" | mail -s \"${gnusocial_type} " >> /etc/cron.hourly/${gnusocial_type}-daemons
     echo 'daemons not found" $MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS' >> /etc/cron.hourly/${gnusocial_type}-daemons
-    echo '    scripts/startdaemons.sh' >> /etc/cron.hourly/${gnusocial_type}-daemons
+    echo '    su -c "sh scripts/startdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data' >> /etc/cron.hourly/${gnusocial_type}-daemons
     echo 'fi' >> /etc/cron.hourly/${gnusocial_type}-daemons
 
     echo 'php scripts/delete_orphan_files.php > /dev/null' >> /etc/cron.hourly/${gnusocial_type}-daemons