diff --git a/bin/v-add-web-domain b/bin/v-add-web-domain
index 64be838a..aab09e6a 100755
--- a/bin/v-add-web-domain
+++ b/bin/v-add-web-domain
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ done
 # Changing file owner & permission
 chown -R $user:$user $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain
 chown root:$user /var/log/$WEB_SYSTEM/domains/$domain.* $conf
-chmod 640 /var/log/$WEB_SYSTEM/domains/$domain.*
-chmod 751 $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/*
-chmod 551 $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/stats $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/logs
-chmod 644 $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/public_*html/*.*
+sudo -u $user chmod 640 /var/log/$WEB_SYSTEM/domains/$domain.*
+sudo -u $user chmod 751 $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/*
+sudo -u $user chmod 551 $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/stats $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/logs
+sudo -u $user chmod 644 $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/public_*html/*.*
 
 # Addding PHP-FPM backend
 if [ ! -z "$WEB_BACKEND" ]; then
diff --git a/func/main.sh b/func/main.sh
index 5c622b58..264b267d 100644
--- a/func/main.sh
+++ b/func/main.sh
@@ -1085,3 +1085,15 @@ vesta_generate_pass() {
     done
     echo "$PASS"
 }
+
+# Simple chmod wrapper that skips symlink files after glob expand
+# Taken from HestiaCP
+no_symlink_chmod() {
+    local filemode=$1; shift;
+
+    for i in "$@"; do
+        [[ -L ${i} ]] && continue
+
+        chmod "${filemode}" "${i}"
+    done
+}
diff --git a/func/rebuild.sh b/func/rebuild.sh
index cf743d65..b4df3d20 100644
--- a/func/rebuild.sh
+++ b/func/rebuild.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ rebuild_user_conf() {
     mkdir -p $HOMEDIR/$user/conf
     chmod a+x $HOMEDIR/$user
     chmod a+x $HOMEDIR/$user/conf
-    chown $user:$user $HOMEDIR/$user
+    chown --no-dereference $user:$user $HOMEDIR/$user
     chown root:root $HOMEDIR/$user/conf
 
     # Update disk pipe
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ rebuild_user_conf() {
         chmod 751 $HOMEDIR/$user/conf/web
         chmod 751 $HOMEDIR/$user/web
         chmod 771 $HOMEDIR/$user/tmp
-        chown $user:$user $HOMEDIR/$user/web
+        chown --no-dereference $user:$user $HOMEDIR/$user/web
         if [ -z "$create_user" ]; then
             $BIN/v-rebuild-web-domains $user $restart
         fi
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ rebuild_web_domain_conf() {
     fi
 
     # Set folder permissions
-    chmod 551 $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain \
+    no_symlink_chmod 551 $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain \
         $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/stats \
         $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/logs
-    chmod 751 $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/private \
+    no_symlink_chmod 751 $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/private \
         $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/cgi-bin \
         $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/public_html \
         $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/public_shtml \
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ rebuild_web_domain_conf() {
     chmod 640 /var/log/$WEB_SYSTEM/domains/$domain.*
 
     # Set ownership
-    chown $user:$user $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain \
+    chown --no-dereference $user:$user $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain \
         $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/private \
         $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/cgi-bin \
         $HOMEDIR/$user/web/$domain/public_html \