diff --git a/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh b/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
index ac6536b5e..a308b6eb0 100644
--- a/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
+++ b/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ echo "Setting permissions"
 if bashio::config.has_value 'PUID'; then
     chown -R "$(bashio::config 'PUID'):$(bashio::config 'PGID')" "$DATA_LOCATION"
     chown -R "$(bashio::config 'PUID'):$(bashio::config 'PGID')" /shared
-    chmod -R 755 "$DATA_LOCATION"
-fi
+fi || true
+
+chmod -R 755 "$DATA_LOCATION"
 
 echo "Creating symlink"
 ln -sf "$DATA_LOCATION" /shared