diff --git a/bin/v-fix-website-permissions b/bin/v-fix-website-permissions
index c79fe443..0131b7c8 100644
--- a/bin/v-fix-website-permissions
+++ b/bin/v-fix-website-permissions
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ fi
 cd /home/$USER/web/$domain
 
 # Ownership check
-if [ -f "public_html/index.php" ]; then
+if [ -z "$SKIP_OWNERSHIP_CHECK" ] && [ -f "public_html/index.php" ]; then
     owner=$(stat -c '%U' "public_html/index.php")
     if [ "$owner" = "root" ] || [ "$owner" = "www-data" ]; then
         echo "Skipping permission fix for $domain, because v-lock-wordpress is used (index.php is owned by $owner)"
diff --git a/bin/v-fix-wordpress-core b/bin/v-fix-wordpress-core
index 1dd87b71..2549017b 100644
--- a/bin/v-fix-wordpress-core
+++ b/bin/v-fix-wordpress-core
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ for f in "$SITE_PATH"/*.php; do
     mv "$f" "$BACKUP_DIR/"
 done
 
-chown -R www-data:www-data "$BACKUP_DIR"
+# chown -R www-data:www-data "$BACKUP_DIR"
 check_result $? "backup failed" > /dev/null
 echo "Old core folders moved to $BACKUP_DIR"
 
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ for corephp in "$CACHE_PATH"/*.php; do
 done
 
 # fix permissions
-/usr/local/vesta/bin/v-fix-website-permissions $DOMAIN
-chown -R www-data:www-data "$BACKUP_DIR"
+SKIP_OWNERSHIP_CHECK=1 /usr/local/vesta/bin/v-fix-website-permissions $DOMAIN
+# chown -R www-data:www-data "$BACKUP_DIR"
 
 echo "Done, core WP files, wp-admin and wp-includes replaced for $DOMAIN"
 exit