diff --git a/src/zeronetavahi b/src/zeronetavahi
index ef92ddbb..5d2bb9b4 100755
--- a/src/zeronetavahi
+++ b/src/zeronetavahi
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ function ipfs_publish {
 
     if [ "$OLD_STAT" != "$NEW_STAT" ]; then
         su -c "echo \$($IPFS_COMMAND add -rq /home/$MY_USERNAME/Public | tail -n 1) > $IPFS_PUBLIC" - $MY_USERNAME
-        echo $NEW_STAT > $OLD_STAT_FILE
+        echo "$NEW_STAT" > $OLD_STAT_FILE
+        chown $MY_USERNAME:$MY_USERNAME $OLD_STAT_FILE
     fi
 
     if [ -f $IPFS_PUBLIC ]; then