diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index a422cae3..7869c3c6 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if [[ "$TAUTULLI_DOCKER" == "True" ]]; then
     groupmod -o -g "$PGID" tautulli
     usermod -o -u "$PUID" tautulli
 
-    chown -R tautulli:tautulli /config
+    find /config \! \( -uid $(id -u tautulli) -gid $(id -g tautulli) \) -print0 | xargs -0r chown tautulli:tautulli
 
     echo "Running Tautulli using user tautulli (uid=$(id -u tautulli)) and group tautulli (gid=$(id -g tautulli))"
     exec gosu tautulli "$@"