diff --git a/thelounge/statefulset.yaml b/thelounge/statefulset.yaml
index 1ba6f7c..724f1ce 100644
--- a/thelounge/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/thelounge/statefulset.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,20 @@ spec:
         fsGroup: 1000
         seccompProfile:
           type: RuntimeDefault
+      initContainers:
+        - name: fix-permissions
+          image: busybox:1.37
+          command: ["sh", "-c", "chown -R 1000:1000 /var/opt/thelounge"]
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: config
+              mountPath: /var/opt/thelounge
+          securityContext:
+            runAsNonRoot: false
+            runAsUser: 0
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 100m
+              memory: 64Mi
       containers:
         - name: thelounge
           image: ghcr.io/thelounge/thelounge:latest