diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b0b223e..ec086a0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ RUN apt update
 # upgrading packages against advice of phusion
 RUN apt upgrade -y
 
-RUN apt install -y golang git build-essential
+RUN apt install -y golang git build-essential rsync
 
 RUN go get -u github.com/ipfs/ipfs-update
 RUN /root/go/bin/ipfs-update install latest
diff --git a/ipfsd.run b/ipfsd.run
index 9968360..328a9cc 100644
--- a/ipfsd.run
+++ b/ipfsd.run
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 export IPFS="/usr/local/bin/ipfs"
 export HOME="/home/ipfs"
 
+chown ipfs:ipfs $HOME
+
 cd $HOME
 
+if [[ ! -d $HOME/.ipfs ]]; then
+    chpst -u ipfs $IPFS init
+fi
+
 exec chpst -u ipfs $IPFS daemon
diff --git a/sync.run b/sync.run
index 6e74dc7..cb5b2d2 100644
--- a/sync.run
+++ b/sync.run
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 # Make a full sync of an Ubuntu mirror.
 # This currently requires more than 1TB of storage space and takes a long time.
 
+chown ipfs:ipfs /mirror
+
 chpst -u ipfs /bin/bash << '__EOF__'
 
 export IPFS=/usr/local/bin/ipfs