diff --git a/services/webapp/prestartup_webapp.sh b/services/webapp/prestartup_webapp.sh
index f48c532b0d48b9d9b525f23729efe14409c09fea..e986a46387f45e1d6864238f1480c6937544e030 100644
--- a/services/webapp/prestartup_webapp.sh
+++ b/services/webapp/prestartup_webapp.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ set -e
 # Set proper permissions to the log dir
 chown rosetta:rosetta /var/log/webapp
 
-# Create and set proper permissions to the data/resources
+# Create and set proper permissions to the data/resources and shared dir
 mkdir -p /data/resources 
 chown rosetta:rosetta /data/resources
+chown rosetta:rosetta /shared
+
+