diff --git a/modules/server/containers/default.nix b/modules/server/containers/default.nix
index a19859e..165b99e 100644
--- a/modules/server/containers/default.nix
+++ b/modules/server/containers/default.nix
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ let
     in ''
       ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p "${effectiveCfg.path}"
       ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (dir: "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p ${effectiveCfg.path}/${lib.escapeShellArg dir}") effectiveCfg.dirs}
-      ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chown ${effectiveCfg.owner} "${effectiveCfg.path}"
-      ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chmod ${effectiveCfg.mode} "${effectiveCfg.path}"
+      ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chown -R ${effectiveCfg.owner} "${effectiveCfg.path}"
+      ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chmod -R ${effectiveCfg.mode} "${effectiveCfg.path}"
     '';
 in {
   config = lib.mkMerge [{