diff --git a/start b/start
index bec331e..2a21a2f 100755
--- a/start
+++ b/start
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-chown -R influxdb:influxdb /var/lib/influxdb/
+chown -R influxdb:influxdb /var/lib/influxdb/data /var/lib/influxdb/meta /var/lib/influxdb/wal
 install -d -g influxdb -o influxdb /var/run/influxdb
 exec sudo -Hu influxdb /usr/bin/influxd -pidfile /var/run/influxdb/influxd.pid -config /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf