diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 1ed2909..ac99a1b 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ fi
 chown -R cloudron:cloudron /tmp/mastodon /run/mastodon
 
 if [[ "$(stat -c '%U' /app/data)" != "cloudron" ]]; then
-    chown -R cloudron:cloudron /app/data/*
-    chown cloudron:clourdon /app/data
+    chown -R cloudron:cloudron /app/data/* || true # if there are no files
+    chown cloudron:cloudron /app/data
 fi
 
 [[ ! -f /app/data/config.sh ]] && cp /app/pkg/config.sh /app/data/config.sh