diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index abacc3a..3f4cf28 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 set -eu
 
 mkdir -p /app/data/config
-chown -R cloudron:cloudron /app/data/config /app/data &
 
 # if this if the first run, generate a useful config
 if [ ! -f /app/data/config/config.xml ]; then
@@ -28,6 +27,8 @@ EOF
 sed -e 's,<listenAddress>.*</listenAddress>,<listenAddress>tcp://:22000</listenAddress>,' -i /app/data/config/config.xml
 sed -e 's,<gui .*>,<gui enabled="true" tls="false" debugging="false">,' -i /app/data/config/config.xml
 
+chown -R cloudron:cloudron /app/data/config /app/data
+
 export STNODEFAULTFOLDER=1 STNOUPGRADE=1
 exec busybox init