diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index e49249d..c891fca 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ if [ ! -z "$GIT_REPO" ]; then
   else
     git clone $GIT_REPO /usr/share/nginx/html/
   fi
+  chown -Rf nginx.nginx /usr/share/nginx/*
 fi
 
 # Tweak nginx to match the workers to cpu's