diff --git a/recipes/_service.rb b/recipes/_service.rb
index ce27353e..58b438af 100644
--- a/recipes/_service.rb
+++ b/recipes/_service.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
     group consul_group
     mode 0755
   end
+
+  execute "chown -R #{consul_user}:{consul_group} #{dirname}"
 end
 
 # Determine service params