diff --git a/core/admin/start.py b/core/admin/start.py
index 99b34a01..d9fa6bef 100755
--- a/core/admin/start.py
+++ b/core/admin/start.py
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import logging as log
 from pwd import getpwnam
 import sys
 
-os.system("chown mailu:mailu -R /data /dkim")
+os.system("chown mailu:mailu -R /dkim")
+os.system("find /data | grep -v /fetchmail | xargs -n1 chown mailu:mailu")
+os.system("find /var/lib/rspamd | grep -v /filter | xargs -n1 chown mailu:mailu")
 mailu_id = getpwnam('mailu')
 os.setgid(mailu_id.pw_gid)
 os.setuid(mailu_id.pw_uid)
diff --git a/towncrier/newsfragments/2539.misc b/towncrier/newsfragments/2539.misc
index 0d9907ac..10e3954e 100644
--- a/towncrier/newsfragments/2539.misc
+++ b/towncrier/newsfragments/2539.misc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Upgrade to Alpine 3.16.3; Make setup, admin and rspamd run without root privs.
+Upgrade to Alpine 3.16.3; Make setup, admin and rspamd run without root privs. Please ensure that your folder overrides/rspamd is owned by 1000:1000