diff --git a/packages/worker/src/index.ts b/packages/worker/src/index.ts
index 6e9ff058..5c56afb1 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import Redis from 'ioredis';
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import { Queue } from 'bullmq';
-import { copySystemFiles, generateSystemEnvFile, generateTlsCertificates } from '@/lib/system';
+import { copySystemFiles, ensureFilePermissions, generateSystemEnvFile, generateTlsCertificates } from '@/lib/system';
 import { runPostgresMigrations } from '@/lib/migrations';
 import { startWorker } from './watcher/watcher';
 import { logger } from '@/lib/logger';
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ const main = async () => {
     logger.info('Generating TLS certificates...');
     await generateTlsCertificates({ domain: envMap.get('LOCAL_DOMAIN') });
 
+    logger.info('Ensuring file permissions...');
+    await ensureFilePermissions();
+
     logger.info('Starting queue...');
     const queue = new Queue('events', { connection: { host: envMap.get('REDIS_HOST'), port: 6379, password: envMap.get('REDIS_PASSWORD') } });
     logger.info('Obliterating queue...');
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/lib/fs/fs.helpers.ts b/packages/worker/src/lib/fs/fs.helpers.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d8174ab..00000000
--- a/packages/worker/src/lib/fs/fs.helpers.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-await-in-loop */
-/* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax */
-import { execAsync, pathExists } from '@runtipi/shared';
-import path from 'path';
-import { ROOT_FOLDER } from '@/config/constants';
-
-export const ensureFilePermissions = async () => {
-  const filesAndFolders = [path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'state'), path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'traefik')];
-
-  const files600 = [path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'traefik', 'shared', 'acme.json')];
-
-  // Give permission to read and write to all files and folders for the current user
-  for (const fileOrFolder of filesAndFolders) {
-    if (await pathExists(fileOrFolder)) {
-      await execAsync(`chmod -R a+rwx ${fileOrFolder}`).catch(() => {});
-    }
-  }
-
-  for (const fileOrFolder of files600) {
-    if (await pathExists(fileOrFolder)) {
-      await execAsync(`chmod 600 ${fileOrFolder}`).catch(() => {});
-    }
-  }
-};
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/lib/system/system.helpers.ts b/packages/worker/src/lib/system/system.helpers.ts
index 23320e6e..b1a96fb2 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/lib/system/system.helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/lib/system/system.helpers.ts
@@ -259,16 +259,7 @@ export const generateTlsCertificates = async (data: { domain?: string }) => {
 };
 
 export const ensureFilePermissions = async () => {
-  const filesAndFolders = [
-    path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'apps'),
-    path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'logs'),
-    path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'repos'),
-    path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'state'),
-    path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'traefik'),
-    path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, '.env'),
-    path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'VERSION'),
-    path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'docker-compose.yml'),
-  ];
+  const filesAndFolders = [path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'state'), path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'traefik')];
 
   const files600 = [path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'traefik', 'shared', 'acme.json')];