diff --git a/pivilion-manual-setup.md b/pivilion-manual-setup.md
index 2e2394e..434372b 100644
--- a/pivilion-manual-setup.md
+++ b/pivilion-manual-setup.md
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ Git creates everything as root so we have to fix stuff in Pi's home directory by
 
 `sudo chown -R pi:pi /home/pi`
 
+We also need to set the permissions to our www directory so that PHP can write / move files around 
+
+`sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/pivilion/`
+
 That's it - everything should be working now! 
 
 Please note that Pivilion is in public beta and is sure to have some errors. Don't hesitate to help development by raising issues here https://gitlab.com/hacklab01/pivilion/issues