diff --git a/gitpod/install.sh b/gitpod/install.sh
index e4c831230..2143d5b43 100644
--- a/gitpod/install.sh
+++ b/gitpod/install.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 set -e
 
 
+
 export base=/nodejs
 
+sudo chown gitpod:gitpod -R $base
+
 export PATH=$base/bin:$PATH
 
 source $base/nvm.sh
diff --git a/gitpod/run.sh b/gitpod/run.sh
index 42800a6ed..c3056346a 100644
--- a/gitpod/run.sh
+++ b/gitpod/run.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ set -e
 
 export base=/nodejs
 
+
+
 export PATH=$base/bin:$PATH
 
 source $base/nvm.sh