diff --git a/files/usr/local/bin/move_old_logs.sh b/files/usr/local/bin/move_old_logs.sh
index 0c4f389106f5f87e8ccf1790d5353ca3da66d926..b489aee25b9de6622c87dbe4716ef31682d5c8aa 100644
--- a/files/usr/local/bin/move_old_logs.sh
+++ b/files/usr/local/bin/move_old_logs.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ cd "/var/log/${APP}/" || exit 1
 for YEAR in $( seq ${START_YEAR} ${PREVIOUS_YEAR} ); do
 	mkdir -p "old/${YEAR}"
 done
+chown -R processing.processing "/var/log/${APP}/old/"
 
 # move all old logfiles
 for YEAR in $( seq ${START_YEAR} ${PREVIOUS_YEAR} ); do