diff --git a/salt/idstools/tools/sbin_jinja/so-rule-update b/salt/idstools/tools/sbin_jinja/so-rule-update
index eac3e1c9c..6a5976a1c 100755
--- a/salt/idstools/tools/sbin_jinja/so-rule-update
+++ b/salt/idstools/tools/sbin_jinja/so-rule-update
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 {%-   set proxy = salt['pillar.get']('manager:proxy') %}
 
 mkdir -p /nsm/rules/suricata
-
+chown -R socore:socore /nsm/rules/suricata
 # Download the rules from the internet
 {%- if GLOBALS.airgap != 'True' %}
 {%- if proxy %}