diff --git a/chrootInstall.sh b/chrootInstall.sh
index 63ea238..8055c76 100755
--- a/chrootInstall.sh
+++ b/chrootInstall.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ if [ "$gpu" == 'NVIDIA' ]; then
 fi
 
 # shell configuration
-mkdir /home/"$username"/.local/share/zsh
+mkdir -p /home/"$username"/.local/share/zsh
+chmod 755 /home/"$username"/.local/share /home/"$username"/.local/share/zsh
+chown "$username":users /home/"$username"/.local/share /home/"$username"/.local/share/zsh
 curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/config-files/shell-profile -o /home/"$username"/.profile
 curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/config-files/bashrc -o /home/"$username"/.bashrc
 curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/config-files/zshrc -o /home/"$username"/.zshrc