diff --git a/api-customer/mosquitto/config/init-mosquitto.sh b/api-customer/mosquitto/config/init-mosquitto.sh
index 2146a6fa..f2c76cc9 100644
--- a/api-customer/mosquitto/config/init-mosquitto.sh
+++ b/api-customer/mosquitto/config/init-mosquitto.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ echo "Creating password file with pre-registered users..."
 if [ ! -f "$PASSWORD_FILE" ]; then
     touch "$PASSWORD_FILE"
     chmod 600 "$PASSWORD_FILE"
+    chown mosquitto:mosquitto "$PASSWORD_FILE"
 
-    # Add pre-registered users
     mosquitto_passwd -b "$PASSWORD_FILE" main hepl
     mosquitto_passwd -b "$PASSWORD_FILE" nodered hepl
     mosquitto_passwd -b "$PASSWORD_FILE" pi-1 hepl