diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index fe9a675..c03c194 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ chroot ${target} mkdir -p /var/home/deploy/.ssh
 if [[ -n ${target_keys_url} ]]; then
 wget -O ${target}/var/home/deploy/.ssh/authorized_keys ${target_keys_url}
 chmod 0600 /var/home/deploy/.ssh/authorized_keys
+chown -R deploy:operator /var/home/deploy
 else
 echo "${target_password}" | chroot ${target} passwd --stdin deploy >&2
 fi