diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a01b594..8fb98d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # nystudio107/craft Change Log
 
+## 2.5.3 - 2022.03.26
+### Changed
+* Ensure permissions on directories Craft needs to write to
+
 ## 2.5.2 - 2022.03.26
 ### Added
 * Added more logging to indicate when a container is waiting for another service to start up, and when seeding a database is complete
diff --git a/docker-config/php-prod-craft/composer_install.sh b/docker-config/php-prod-craft/composer_install.sh
index 01339cf..8215098 100755
--- a/docker-config/php-prod-craft/composer_install.sh
+++ b/docker-config/php-prod-craft/composer_install.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 # @link      https://nystudio107.com/
 # @license   MIT
 
+# Ensure permissions on directories Craft needs to write to
+chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/project/cms/storage
+chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/project/cms/web/cpresources
+# Check for `composer.lock` & `vendor/`
 cd /var/www/project/cms
 if [ ! -f "composer.lock" ] || [ ! -d "vendor" ]; then
     su-exec www-data composer install --verbose --no-progress --no-scripts --optimize-autoloader --no-interaction
diff --git a/docker-config/php-prod-craft/run_queue.sh b/docker-config/php-prod-craft/run_queue.sh
index f95b263..5f7adc3 100755
--- a/docker-config/php-prod-craft/run_queue.sh
+++ b/docker-config/php-prod-craft/run_queue.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ while [ ! -f vendor/autoload.php ]
 do
   sleep 1
 done
+# Ensure permissions on directories Craft needs to write to
+chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/project/cms/storage
+chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/project/cms/web/cpresources
 # Run any pending migrations/project config changes
 su-exec www-data composer craft-update
 # Run a queue listener