diff --git a/install/oxicloud-install.sh b/install/oxicloud-install.sh
index 4711f6705..d82f8c7a0 100644
--- a/install/oxicloud-install.sh
+++ b/install/oxicloud-install.sh
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ RUST_TOOLCHAIN=$TOOLCHAIN setup_rust
 msg_info "Building OxiCloud"
 cd /opt/oxicloud
 export DATABASE_URL="postgres://${PG_DB_USER}:${PG_DB_PASS}@localhost/${PG_DB_NAME}"
-$STD cargo build --release
+mkdir -p {/mnt/oxicloud,/etc/oxicloud}
+$STD useradd -U -s /usr/sbin/nologin -M -d /opt/oxicloud oxicloud
+chown -R oxicloud:oxicloud /opt/oxicloud /etc/oxicloud /mnt/oxicloud
+$STD sudo --preserve-env -u oxicloud cargo build --release
 mv target/release/oxicloud /usr/bin/oxicloud && chmod +x /usr/bin/oxicloud
 msg_ok "Built OxiCloud"
 
 msg_info "Configuring OxiCloud"
-mkdir -p {/mnt/oxicloud,/etc/oxicloud}
 sed -e 's|_STORAGE_PATH=.*|_STORAGE_PATH=/mnt/oxicloud|' \
   -e 's|_SERVER_HOST=.*|_SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0|' \
   -e "s|^#OXICLOUD_BASE_URL=.*|OXICLOUD_BASE_URL=${LOCAL_IP}:8086|" \
@@ -42,8 +44,7 @@ sed -e 's|_STORAGE_PATH=.*|_STORAGE_PATH=/mnt/oxicloud|' \
   -e 's|^#OXICLOUD_ENABLE|OXICLOUD_ENABLE|g' \
   /opt/oxicloud/example.env >/etc/oxicloud/.env
 chmod 600 /etc/oxicloud/.env
-$STD useradd -U -s /usr/sbin/nologin -M -d /opt/oxicloud oxicloud
-chown -R oxicloud:oxicloud /opt/oxicloud /etc/oxicloud /mnt/oxicloud
+chown -R oxicloud:oxicloud /opt/oxicloud /etc/oxicloud
 msg_ok "Configured OxiCloud"
 
 msg_info "Creating OxiCloud Service"