diff --git a/docker/images/ckan/Dockerfile b/docker/images/ckan/Dockerfile
index e758350..2f3dcc4 100644
--- a/docker/images/ckan/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/images/ckan/Dockerfile
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ ENV CKAN_MSL_CORE_VERSION=development
 ENV CKAN_MSL_UTIL_VERSION=development
 
 # Create storage path
-RUN mkdir -p $CKAN_STORAGE_PATH/webassets $CKAN_STORAGE_PATH/storage
+RUN mkdir -p $CKAN_STORAGE_PATH/webassets $CKAN_STORAGE_PATH/storage && \
+    chown -R www-data:www-data $CKAN_STORAGE_PATH
 
 # Build-time variables specified by docker-compose.yml / .env
 ARG CKAN_SITE_URL
diff --git a/docker/images/ckan/ckan-entrypoint.sh b/docker/images/ckan/ckan-entrypoint.sh
index b54c7db..b5e8514 100644
--- a/docker/images/ckan/ckan-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/images/ckan/ckan-entrypoint.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ else echo "Initializing configuration ..."
      /usr/lib/ckan/default/bin/ckan -c "$CKAN_CONFIG_FILE" sysadmin add mslapi
      sudo chown ckan /ckan_api_key
      /usr/lib/ckan/default/bin/ckan -c "$CKAN_CONFIG_FILE" user token add mslapi mslapi | tail -1 | sed 's/^\t//' > /ckan_api_key/api.key
+     chown -R www-data:www-data "$CKAN_STORAGE_PATH"
      touch "$CKAN_INIT_STATUS_FILE"
      echo "Configuration and database initialization finished."
 fi