diff --git a/runs/atreboot.sh b/runs/atreboot.sh
index bc71f8d14..1fd52e656 100755
--- a/runs/atreboot.sh
+++ b/runs/atreboot.sh
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ chmod 666 "$LOGFILE"
 	fi
 
 	# set restore dir permissions to allow file upload for apache
-	sudo chgrp www-data "${OPENWBBASEDIR}/data/restore" "${OPENWBBASEDIR}/data/restore/"* "${OPENWBBASEDIR}/data/data_migration" "${OPENWBBASEDIR}/data/data_migration/"*
-	sudo chmod g+w "${OPENWBBASEDIR}/data/restore" "${OPENWBBASEDIR}/data/restore/"* "${OPENWBBASEDIR}/data/data_migration" "${OPENWBBASEDIR}/data/data_migration/"*
+	sudo chgrp -R www-data "${OPENWBBASEDIR}/data/restore/." "${OPENWBBASEDIR}/data/data_migration/."
+	sudo chmod -R g+w "${OPENWBBASEDIR}/data/restore/." "${OPENWBBASEDIR}/data/data_migration/."
 
 	# cleanup some folders
 	folder="${OPENWBBASEDIR}/data/data_migration/var"