diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-turtl b/src/freedombone-app-turtl
index a5c881fd..eb5b330d 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-turtl
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-turtl
@@ -570,6 +570,9 @@ __ENDCONFIG__
         wget https://beta.quicklisp.org/quicklisp.lisp
     fi
 
+    if [ -d $TURTL_BASE_DIR ]; then
+        chown -R turtl:turtl $TURTL_BASE_DIR
+    fi
     adduser --disabled-login --home=$TURTL_BASE_DIR --gecos 'turtl' turtl
     if [ ! -d /home/turtl ]; then
         echo $"/home/turtl directory not created"