diff --git a/.devcontainer/server/container-compose-overrides.yml b/.devcontainer/server/container-compose-overrides.yml
index 59975baad3..aa389bb3b5 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/server/container-compose-overrides.yml
+++ b/.devcontainer/server/container-compose-overrides.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ services:
       - coverage:/usr/src/app/web/coverage
   immich-web:
     env_file: !reset []
+  init:
+    env_file: !reset []
+    command: sh -c 'for path in /data /data/upload /usr/src/app/.pnpm-store /usr/src/app/server/node_modules /usr/src/app/server/dist /usr/src/app/.github/node_modules /usr/src/app/cli/node_modules /usr/src/app/docs/node_modules /usr/src/app/e2e/node_modules /usr/src/app/open-api/typescript-sdk/node_modules /usr/src/app/web/.svelte-kit /usr/src/app/web/coverage /usr/src/app/node_modules /usr/src/app/web/node_modules; do [ -e "$$path" ] && chown -R ${UID:-1000}:${GID:-1000} "$$path" || true; done'
   immich-machine-learning:
     env_file: !reset []
   database: