diff --git a/fireflyiii_data_importer/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh b/fireflyiii_data_importer/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
index 629524a3b..f33a22da0 100755
--- a/fireflyiii_data_importer/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
+++ b/fireflyiii_data_importer/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [ "$(ls -A "$CONFIGSOURCE/configurations")" ]; then
     bashio::log.info "Configurations were found in $CONFIGSOURCE/configurations, they will be loaded."
     JSON_CONFIGURATION_DIR="$CONFIGSOURCE/configurations"
     export JSON_CONFIGURATION_DIR
-    chown -R www-data:www-data "$CONFIGSOURCE"
+    sudo chown -R www-data:www-data "$CONFIGSOURCE"
 fi
 
 # Allow config dir
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ if bashio::config.has_value 'Updates'; then
     echo ""
 
     # Sets cron // do not delete this message
-    cp /templates/cronupdate /etc/cron."${FREQUENCY}"/
-    chmod 777 /etc/cron."${FREQUENCY}"/cronupdate
+    sudo cp /templates/cronupdate /etc/cron."${FREQUENCY}"/
+    sudo chmod 777 /etc/cron."${FREQUENCY}"/cronupdate
 
     # Sets cron to run with www-data user
     # sed -i 's|root|www-data|g' /etc/crontab
 
     # Starts cron
-    service cron start
+    sudo service cron start
 
     # Export variables
     IMPORT_DIR_WHITELIST="${CONFIGSOURCE}/import_files"