diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8277743d..05013478 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ v1.6.0 - unreleased
 - Bug: Error when trying to log in with an account without domain ([#585](https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/issues/585))
 - Bug: Fix rainloop permissions ([#637](https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/issues/637))
 - Bug: Fix broken webmail and logo url in admin ([#792](https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/issues/792))
+- Bug: Don't recursivly chown on mailboxes ([#776](https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/issues/776))
 
 v1.5.1 - 2017-11-21
 -------------------
diff --git a/core/dovecot/Dockerfile b/core/dovecot/Dockerfile
index 1d4f7b91..dec2b520 100644
--- a/core/dovecot/Dockerfile
+++ b/core/dovecot/Dockerfile
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ RUN pip3 install tenacity
 # Image specific layers under this line
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
   dovecot dovecot-pigeonhole-plugin dovecot-fts-lucene rspamd-client bash \
-  && pip3 install podop
+  && pip3 install podop \
+  && mkdir /var/lib/dovecot
 
 COPY conf /conf
 COPY start.py /start.py
diff --git a/core/dovecot/start.py b/core/dovecot/start.py
index 8bf66efd..c97b8a05 100755
--- a/core/dovecot/start.py
+++ b/core/dovecot/start.py
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ for dovecot_file in glob.glob("/conf/*.conf"):
 
 # Run Podop, then postfix
 multiprocessing.Process(target=start_podop).start()
-os.system("chown -R mail:mail /mail /var/lib/dovecot /conf")
+os.system("chown mail:mail /mail")
+os.system("chown -R mail:mail /var/lib/dovecot /conf")
 os.execv("/usr/sbin/dovecot", ["dovecot", "-c", "/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf", "-F"])