diff --git a/devops/rpmbuild/extrafiles/DEBIAN-basecoin/postinst b/devops/rpmbuild/extrafiles/DEBIAN-basecoin/postinst
index c6beabebd..3d558b2b1 100644
--- a/devops/rpmbuild/extrafiles/DEBIAN-basecoin/postinst
+++ b/devops/rpmbuild/extrafiles/DEBIAN-basecoin/postinst
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ case "$1" in
     test ! -f /etc/basecoin/priv_validator.json && tendermint gen_validator > /etc/basecoin/priv_validator.json && chmod 0400 /etc/basecoin/priv_validator.json && chown basecoin.basecoin /etc/basecoin/priv_validator.json
     test ! -f /etc/basecoin/tendermint/priv_validator.json && tendermint gen_validator > /etc/basecoin/tendermint/priv_validator.json && chmod 0400 /etc/basecoin/tendermint/priv_validator.json && chown basecoin.basecoin /etc/basecoin/tendermint/priv_validator.json
     tendermint_pubkey="`tendermint show_validator --home /etc/basecoin/tendermint --log_level error`"
+    chown basecoin.basecoin /etc/basecoin/tendermint/data
     test ! -f /etc/basecoin/tendermint/genesis.json && cat << EOF > /etc/basecoin/tendermint/genesis.json
 {
   "genesis_time": "2017-06-10T03:37:03Z",
diff --git a/devops/rpmbuild/extrafiles/DEBIAN-ethermint/postinst b/devops/rpmbuild/extrafiles/DEBIAN-ethermint/postinst
index 44a2323f8..f096dabe7 100644
--- a/devops/rpmbuild/extrafiles/DEBIAN-ethermint/postinst
+++ b/devops/rpmbuild/extrafiles/DEBIAN-ethermint/postinst
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ case "$1" in
     chown -R ethermint.ethermint /etc/ethermint/ethermint
     test ! -f /etc/ethermint/tendermint/priv_validator.json && tendermint gen_validator > /etc/ethermint/tendermint/priv_validator.json && chmod 0400 /etc/ethermint/tendermint/priv_validator.json && chown ethermint.ethermint /etc/ethermint/tendermint/priv_validator.json
     tendermint_pubkey="`tendermint show_validator --home /etc/ethermint/tendermint --log_level error`"
+    chown ethermint.ethermint /etc/ethermint/tendermint/data
     test ! -f /etc/ethermint/tendermint/genesis.json && cat << EOF > /etc/ethermint/tendermint/genesis.json
 {
   "genesis_time": "2017-06-10T03:37:03Z",
diff --git a/devops/rpmbuild/spectemplates/basecoin.spec b/devops/rpmbuild/spectemplates/basecoin.spec
index cbd3fc511..cf88d3d50 100644
--- a/devops/rpmbuild/spectemplates/basecoin.spec
+++ b/devops/rpmbuild/spectemplates/basecoin.spec
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ cd %{name}-%{version}
 test ! -f %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/priv_validator.json && tendermint gen_validator > %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/priv_validator.json && %{__chmod} 0400 %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/priv_validator.json && %{__chown} %{name}.%{name} %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/priv_validator.json
 test ! -f %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint/priv_validator.json && tendermint gen_validator > %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint/priv_validator.json && %{__chmod} 0400 %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint/priv_validator.json && %{__chown} %{name}.%{name} %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint/priv_validator.json
 tendermint_pubkey="`tendermint show_validator --home %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint --log_level error`"
+%{__chown} %{name}.%{name} %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint/data
 test ! -f %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint/genesis.json && %{__cat} << EOF > %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint/genesis.json
 {
   "genesis_time": "2017-06-10T03:37:03Z",
diff --git a/devops/rpmbuild/spectemplates/ethermint.spec b/devops/rpmbuild/spectemplates/ethermint.spec
index 66fbfc127..bc4c3c020 100644
--- a/devops/rpmbuild/spectemplates/ethermint.spec
+++ b/devops/rpmbuild/spectemplates/ethermint.spec
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ cd %{name}-%{version}
 %{_bindir}/%{name} --datadir %{_sysconfdir}/%{name} init %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/genesis.json
 test ! -f %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint/priv_validator.json && tendermint gen_validator > %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint/priv_validator.json && %{__chmod} 0400 %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint/priv_validator.json && %{__chown} %{name}.%{name} %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint/priv_validator.json
 tendermint_pubkey="`tendermint show_validator --home %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint --log_level error`"
+%{__chown} %{name}.%{name} %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint/data
 test ! -f %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint/genesis.json && %{__cat} << EOF > %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/tendermint/genesis.json
 {
   "genesis_time": "2017-06-10T03:37:03Z",