diff --git a/bin/bfaupdate.sh b/bin/bfaupdate.sh
index 6a3670b821972bd0fd826524f818ebce5ef80959..ef9d829a192dcc8fea5ce18d71934ae52991cb53 100755
--- a/bin/bfaupdate.sh
+++ b/bin/bfaupdate.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ then
     #
     # To keep things neat, make sure we pull as the user owning the
     # directory.
+    chown -R bfa:bfa ${BFAHOME}
     runasownerof ${BFAHOME} git pull
     exec $0 wealreadypulled
 else