diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 7df70da..a1eace7 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ restore_loop() {
 
 					rsync -aAXx --exclude wp-config.php --exclude mysqldump.sql "$site"/ "$www_site_dir"
 
+					chown -R www-data:www-data "$www_site_dir"
+
 					if [ "${enable_le:-null}" = "y" ]
 					then
 						echo "${b}   Provisioning LetsEncrypt TLS certificate for restored site...${x}"