diff --git a/core/src/main/cpp/main/include/utils.h b/core/src/main/cpp/main/include/utils.h
index 2525d8df..3e4cb660 100644
--- a/core/src/main/cpp/main/include/utils.h
+++ b/core/src/main/cpp/main/include/utils.h
@@ -58,4 +58,15 @@ namespace lspd {
         stat(path.c_str(), &sb);
         return {sb.st_uid, sb.st_gid};
     }
+
+    inline void recursive_permissions(const std::filesystem::path &p,
+                                      std::filesystem::perms prms,
+                                      std::filesystem::perm_options opts = std::filesystem::perm_options::replace) {
+        std::filesystem::permissions(p, prms, opts);
+        if (std::filesystem::is_directory(p)) {
+            for(auto &item : std::filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator(p)) {
+                std::filesystem::permissions(item.path(), prms, opts);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/cpp/main/src/config_manager.cpp b/core/src/main/cpp/main/src/config_manager.cpp
index 9b2101c7..1c4805ef 100644
--- a/core/src/main/cpp/main/src/config_manager.cpp
+++ b/core/src/main/cpp/main/src/config_manager.cpp
@@ -271,15 +271,15 @@ namespace lspd {
                 if (!path_exists<true>(log_path)) {
                     fs::create_directories(log_path);
                 }
-                fs::permissions(conf_path, fs::perms::owner_all | fs::perms::group_all | fs::perms::set_gid);
-                fs::permissions(log_path, fs::perms::owner_all | fs::perms::group_all | fs::perms::set_gid);
+                recursive_permissions(conf_path, fs::perms::owner_all | fs::perms::group_all | fs::perms::set_gid);
+                recursive_permissions(log_path, fs::perms::owner_all | fs::perms::group_all | fs::perms::set_gid);
                 if (pkg_name == "android") uid = -1;
                 path_chown(conf_path, uid, 1000u, true);
                 path_chown(log_path, uid, 1000u, true);
                 if (current_user_ == 0) {
                     auto variant = GetMiscPath() / "variant";
                     fs::permissions(variant, fs::perms::owner_all | fs::perms::group_all);
-                    chown(variant.c_str(), uid, 1000u);
+                    path_chown(variant, uid, 1000u);
                 }
 
                 if (pkg_name == kPrimaryInstallerPkgName) {