diff --git a/Dockerfile_jupyterhub b/Dockerfile_jupyterhub
index 036f7d420b5db2d21104eb05f272c3614f172c36..91503ef2f9ec944a0d6ce175eb7bc905a4e7461a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile_jupyterhub
+++ b/Dockerfile_jupyterhub
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ ENV ENV_NAME ${env_name}
 # setting up
 WORKDIR /notebooks
 RUN useradd -m beyond
+chown -R beyond:beyond /notebooks
 USER beyond
 CMD /opt/conda/envs/${ENV_NAME}/bin/jupyterhub-singleuser --allow-root --debug