diff --git a/manjaro-arm-installer b/manjaro-arm-installer
index a002ae3..bc4fdce 100755
--- a/manjaro-arm-installer
+++ b/manjaro-arm-installer
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ create_install() {
     echo "KEYMAP=$KEYMAP" | sudo tee --append $TMPDIR/root/etc/vconsole.conf 1> /dev/null 2>&1
     $NSPAWN $TMPDIR/root localectl set-x11-keymap $KEYMAP 1> /dev/null 2>&1
     echo "$HOSTNAME" | sudo tee --append $TMPDIR/root/etc/hostname 1> /dev/null 2>&1
+    sudo chown -R root:root $TMPDIR/root/etc 1> /dev/null 2>&1
     
     info "Doing device specific setups for $DEVICE..."
     if [[ "$DEVICE" = "rpi2" ]] || [[ "$DEVICE" = "rpi3" ]]; then