diff --git a/docker/startup.sh b/docker/startup.sh
index f87edf9c2a..7ca05b15d6 100644
--- a/docker/startup.sh
+++ b/docker/startup.sh
@@ -126,4 +126,9 @@ php artisan migrate --force
 php artisan config:clear
 php artisan config:cache
 
+# we do this after the artisan commands to ensure that if the laravel
+# log got created by root, we set the permissions back
+touch /var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log
+chown -R docker:root /var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log
+
 exec supervisord -c /supervisord.conf
diff --git a/docker/startup_alpine.sh b/docker/startup_alpine.sh
index 0c99b013bc..cfb1d8e41c 100644
--- a/docker/startup_alpine.sh
+++ b/docker/startup_alpine.sh
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ done
 chown -R apache:root /var/lib/snipeit/data/*
 chown -R apache:root /var/lib/snipeit/dumps
 chown -R apache:root /var/lib/snipeit/keys
+chown -R apache:root /var/www/html/storage/framework/cache
 
 # Fix php settings
 if [ ! -z "${PHP_UPLOAD_LIMIT}" ]
diff --git a/docker/startup_alpine_fpm.sh b/docker/startup_alpine_fpm.sh
index 3b783419eb..981d8bb4f8 100755
--- a/docker/startup_alpine_fpm.sh
+++ b/docker/startup_alpine_fpm.sh
@@ -99,10 +99,7 @@ then
   cp -a /var/www/html/vendor/laravel/passport/database/migrations/* /var/www/html/database/migrations/
 fi
 
-# Create laravel log file
-touch /var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log
 # Add correct permissions for files and directories
-chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log
 chown -R www-data:www-data \
   /var/lib/snipeit/data \
   /var/lib/snipeit/dumps \
@@ -114,6 +111,11 @@ php artisan migrate --force
 php artisan config:clear
 php artisan config:cache
 
+# Create laravel log file
+touch /var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log
+# ensure it's owned by www:data in case it was created by root
+chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log
+
 echo [INFO docker entrypoint] End script execution
 
-exec "$@" 
\ No newline at end of file
+exec "$@"