diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/50-config b/root/etc/cont-init.d/50-config
index 5ec1509..27433ad 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/50-config
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/50-config
@@ -39,8 +39,28 @@ done
 # set queue driver to database
 sed -i 's/QUEUE_DRIVER=sync/QUEUE_DRIVER=database/' /config/www/.env
 
+# function to randomly sample 50 files for their owner and only chown if not abc
+chowner () {
+files=(${1}/*)
+for i in {1..50}; do
+        user=$(stat -c '%U' $(printf "%s\n" "${files[RANDOM % ${#files[@]}]}"))
+        if [ "${user}" != "abc" ]; then
+                chown -R abc:abc ${1}
+                break
+        fi
+done
+}
+
 # permissions
 echo "Setting permissions"
-chown -R abc:abc \
-	/config \
-	/var/www/localhost/heimdall
+abc_dirs=( \
+/config \
+/var/www/localhost/heimdall \
+)
+for i in "${abc_dirs[@]}"; do
+        if [ "$(ls -A ${i})" ]; then
+                chowner ${i}
+        else
+                chown -R abc:abc ${i}
+        fi
+done