diff --git a/dockerfiles/start.sh b/dockerfiles/start.sh
index 9eaaa7da..2e9c4ecb 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/start.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-chmod -R +w /home/pi/pialert/db
+chmod -R o+w /home/pi/pialert/db
 /etc/init.d/lighttpd start
 service cron start && tail -f /dev/null