diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a9eafdd7a7..0b4174d096 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ COPY _output/*.tar.gz /files/
 COPY UI/Web/dist /files/wwwroot
 COPY copy_runtime.sh /copy_runtime.sh
 RUN /copy_runtime.sh
+RUN chmod +x /Kavita/Kavita
 
 #Production image
 FROM ubuntu:focal
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
 
 EXPOSE 5000
 
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 2f55d5e3a5..798d19fd4c 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ if [ ! -f "/kavita/config/appsettings.json" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-echo "App setting permissions"
+echo "Starting Kavita"
 echo ls -l "/kavita/config/appsettings.json"
 
-chmod +x Kavita
-
 ./Kavita
 
 #if [[ "$PUID" -eq 0 ]]; then