diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
index 00759ce0e..68e3c3977 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
@@ -14,27 +14,20 @@ source /config/birdnet.conf 2>/dev/null
 
 # Ensure folder exists
 ingest_dir="$RECS_DIR/StreamData"
-if [ ! -d "$ingest_dir" ]; then
-    mkdir -p "$ingest_dir"
-    chown -R pi:pi "$ingest_dir"
-    chmod -R 755 "$ingest_dir"
-fi
 
 # Other folder if no RTSP STREAM ?
 if [ -z "${RTSP_STREAM}" ]; then
     ingest_dir="${RECS_DIR}/$(date +"%B-%Y/%d-%A")"
-    if [ ! -d "$ingest_dir" ]; then
-        mkdir -p "$ingest_dir"
-        chown -R pi:pi "$ingest_dir"
-        chmod -R 755 "$ingest_dir"
-    fi
 fi
 
-ingest_dir="$(readlink -f "$ingest_dir")" || true
-
 # Check permissions
+mkdir -p "$ingest_dir"
 chown -R pi:pi "$ingest_dir"
-chmod -R 777 "$ingest_dir"
+chmod -R 755 "$ingest_dir"
+ingest_dir="$(readlink -f "$ingest_dir")" || true
+mkdir -p "$ingest_dir"
+chown -R pi:pi "$ingest_dir"
+chmod -R 755 "$ingest_dir"
 
 while true; do
     sleep 61