diff --git a/dockerfiles/setup.sh b/dockerfiles/setup.sh
index 495ef2e7..6fab75a5 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/setup.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/setup.sh
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ touch "${INSTALL_DIR}"/pialert/front/log/{execution_queue.log,pialert_front.log,
 
 echo "[INSTALL] Fixing permissions after copied starter config & DB"
 chown -R nginx:www-data "${INSTALL_DIR}"/pialert/{config,front/log,db}
-chmod 750 "${INSTALL_DIR}"/pialert/{config,front/log,db}
-chmod 640 "${INSTALL_DIR}"/pialert/{config,front/log,db}/*
+find "${INSTALL_DIR}"/pialert/{config,front/log,db} -type d -exec chmod 750 {} \;
+find "${INSTALL_DIR}"/pialert/{config,front/log,db} -type f -exec chmod 640 {} \;
 
 # Check if buildtimestamp.txt doesn't exist
 if [ ! -f "${INSTALL_DIR}/pialert/front/buildtimestamp.txt" ]; then