diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-tox b/src/freedombone-app-tox
index 9536eef1..353a4c02 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-tox
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-tox
@@ -593,7 +593,10 @@ function mesh_tox_client {
 	echo $"Toxic client compile $(($duration / 60)) minutes and $(($duration % 60)) seconds elapsed."
 
 	# create a tox user
-	toxid -u $MY_USERNAME -n data
+	if [ ! -f /home/${MY_USERNAME}/.config/tox/data.tox ]; then
+		toxid -u $MY_USERNAME -n data
+		chown -R ${MY_USERNAME}:${MY_USERNAME} /home/${MY_USERNAME}/.config
+	fi
 }
 
 function enable_tox_repo {
diff --git a/src/freedombone-image-mesh b/src/freedombone-image-mesh
index ed493bc6..88dd8099 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image-mesh
+++ b/src/freedombone-image-mesh
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ function configure_toxcore {
 function create_tox_user {
 	if [ ! -f /home/${MY_USERNAME}/.config/tox/data.tox ]; then
 		toxid -u $MY_USERNAME -n data
+		chown -R ${MY_USERNAME}:${MY_USERNAME} /home/${MY_USERNAME}/.config
 	fi
 }