diff --git a/jump-box/startup.bash b/jump-box/startup.bash
index c3bbb68..1ea7ffb 100644
--- a/jump-box/startup.bash
+++ b/jump-box/startup.bash
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ adduser --gid "$TARGET_GID" --uid "$TARGET_UID" --no-create-home "$TARGET_USER"
 touch /var/log/container-stdout.log
 chown "$TARGET_USER":"$TARGET_USER" /var/log/container-stdout.log
 
+# This only really matters for the first-run:
+chown "$TARGET_USER":"$TARGET_USER" "/home/$TARGET_USER"
+
 echo "Ready."
 tail -f /var/log/container-stdout.log &