diff --git a/src/freedombone-restore-local b/src/freedombone-restore-local
index e693dbc1..beaa4302 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-restore-local
+++ b/src/freedombone-restore-local
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ function restore_owncloud {
             return
         fi
     fi
+	OWNCLOUD_PATH=/var/www/owncloud
     if [ $OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME ]; then
         restore_database owncloud $OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME
 
@@ -849,11 +850,12 @@ function restore_owncloud {
         fi
 
         # re-index the files
-        chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/owncloud
+        chown -R www-data:www-data $OWNCLOUD_PATH
+		chown root:root $OWNCLOUD_PATH/config/config.php
 		for d in /home/*/ ; do
 			USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $3}')
 			if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "mirrors" ]]; then
-				/var/www/owncloud/occ files:scan $USERNAME
+				$OWNCLOUD_PATH/occ files:scan $USERNAME
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
diff --git a/src/freedombone-restore-remote b/src/freedombone-restore-remote
index b7fb85e1..5702201c 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-restore-remote
+++ b/src/freedombone-restore-remote
@@ -699,6 +699,7 @@ function restore_owncloud {
             return
         fi
     fi
+	OWNCLOUD_PATH=/var/www/owncloud
     if grep -q "Owncloud domain" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
         OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME=$(cat $COMPLETION_FILE | grep "Owncloud domain" | awk -F ':' '{print $2}')
         restore_database_from_friend owncloud $OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME
@@ -721,13 +722,14 @@ function restore_owncloud {
             rm -rf /root/tempowncloudconfig
         fi
 
-        chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/owncloud
+        chown -R www-data:www-data $OWNCLOUD_PATH
+		chown root:root $OWNCLOUD_PATH/config/config.php
 
         # re-index files
         for d in /home/*/ ; do
             USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $3}')
             if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "mirrors" ]]; then
-                /var/www/owncloud/occ files:scan $USERNAME
+                $OWNCLOUD_PATH/occ files:scan $USERNAME
 			fi
 		done
 	fi