diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-cryptpad b/src/freedombone-app-cryptpad
index 4fd98333..d9810165 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-cryptpad
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-cryptpad
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ function upgrade_cryptpad {
     set_repo_commit $CRYPTPAD_DIR "cryptpad commit" "$CRYPTPAD_COMMIT" $CRYPTPAD_REPO
 
     cd $CRYPTPAD_DIR
-    chown -R cryptpad:cryptpad *
 
     systemctl start cryptpad
 }
@@ -300,6 +299,9 @@ function install_cryptpad_main {
 
     # an unprivileged user to run as
     useradd -d $CRYPTPAD_DIR/ cryptpad
+    chgrp -R ssl-cert /etc/letsencrypt
+    chmod -R g=rX /etc/letsencrypt
+    usermod -a -G ssl-cert cryptpad
 
     cd $CRYPTPAD_DIR
     git checkout $CRYPTPAD_COMMIT -b $CRYPTPAD_COMMIT