diff --git a/docker/entrypoint b/docker/entrypoint
index 9d8be7681826d0029095ddf2cd16ce16fdf1b769..0a50b5e449122467db7368ff27c4eb4e74961208 100644
--- a/docker/entrypoint
+++ b/docker/entrypoint
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 export LVALERT_OVERSEER_RESOURCE=${LVALERT_USER}_overseer_$(python  -c 'import uuid; print(uuid.uuid4().hex)')
+chown gracedb:www-data /app/db_data
+chmod 755 /app/db_data
 exec "$@"