diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-mailpile b/src/freedombone-app-mailpile
index e2c04f84..b5aa064d 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-mailpile
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-mailpile
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ function upgrade_mailpile {
 
     function_check set_repo_commit
     set_repo_commit /var/www/$MAILPILE_DOMAIN_NAME/mail "mailpile commit" "$MAILPILE_COMMIT" $MAILPILE_REPO
+
+    chown -R mailpile:mailpile /var/www/$MAILPILE_DOMAIN_NAME/mail
 }
 
 function backup_local_mailpile {