diff --git a/lib/interfaces/socket.js b/lib/interfaces/socket.js
index 29eeb01..8f05953 100644
--- a/lib/interfaces/socket.js
+++ b/lib/interfaces/socket.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ var BServer = BinaryServer({
 var IO = require('socket.io').listen(RestServer);
 var Servers = Rfr('lib/initalize.js').servers;
 var Path = require('path');
+var Util = require('util');
+var Userid = require('userid');
 
 Scales.prototype.socketio = function () {
 
@@ -144,7 +146,8 @@ Scales.prototype.binaryjs = function () {
             });
 
             stream.on('end', function () {
-                Fs.chown(file.path, server.config.user, server.config.user);
+                Logger.verbose(Util.format('Updating file perms for %s (changing to %s:%s)', file.path, server.config.user, server.config.user));
+                Fs.chownSync(file.path, Userid.uid(server.config.user), Userid.gid(server.config.user));
             });
         });
     });