diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile
index fb7fec50f..8c000016a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ COPY --chown=django:django . ${APP_HOME}
 {%- endif %}
 
 # make django owner of the WORKDIR directory as well.
-RUN chown django:django ${APP_HOME}
+RUN chown -R django:django ${APP_HOME}
 
 USER django