diff --git a/charts/chromadb-chart/Chart.yaml b/charts/chromadb-chart/Chart.yaml
index ccc90a0..1d1490b 100644
--- a/charts/chromadb-chart/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/chromadb-chart/Chart.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ keywords:
   - ai/ml
 type: application
 
-version: 0.1.16
+version: 0.1.17
 # chromadb version
 appVersion: "0.4.13"
diff --git a/image/docker_entrypoint.sh b/image/docker_entrypoint.sh
index d666279..7c464b5 100755
--- a/image/docker_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/image/docker_entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 export CHROMA_SERVER_HTTP_PORT=${CHROMA_SERVER_HTTP_PORT:-8000}
 export CHROMA_SERVER_LOG_CONFIG=${CHROMA_SERVER_LOG_CONFIG:-log_config.yaml}
 export CHROMA_SERVER_HOST=${CHROMA_SERVER_HOST:-"0.0.0.0"}
+
+sudo chown -R chroma:chroma ${PERSIST_DIRECTORY}
+
 . /chroma/venv/bin/activate
 pip install --force-reinstall --no-cache-dir chroma-hnswlib
 uvicorn chromadb.app:app --workers 1 --host ${CHROMA_SERVER_HOST} --port ${CHROMA_SERVER_HTTP_PORT} --proxy-headers --log-config ${CHROMA_SERVER_LOG_CONFIG}