diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/10-fix_folders b/root/etc/cont-init.d/10-fix_folders
index ac306a0..18c2396 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/10-fix_folders
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/10-fix_folders
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 printf '[cont-init.d] Fixing Folder Permissions\n'
 
 chown -R abc:abc /config
-chown -R abc:abc /downloads
+
+# find all folders in the download folder and own them to the container user. This will not change files but should run quicker on big collections.
+find /downloads -type d -exec chown abc:abc {} +
 
 
 # Fix misconfigured download locations. The container's download map is always /downloads.