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@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ and Home Assistant itself.
 $ pip3 install homeassistant
 ```
 
-To isolate the Home Assistant installation a [venv](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html) is handy. First create a new directory to store the installation.
+To isolate the Home Assistant installation a [venv](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html) is handy. First create a new directory to store the installation and adjust the permissions.
 
 ```bash
 $ sudo mkdir -p /opt/homeassistant
+$ sudo chown -R user:group /opt/homeassistant
 ```
 Now switch to the new directory, setup the venv, and activate it.