diff --git a/net/vnstat/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/Vnstat/setup.sh b/net/vnstat/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/Vnstat/setup.sh
index 02d682ad7..21d58dae6 100755
--- a/net/vnstat/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/Vnstat/setup.sh
+++ b/net/vnstat/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/Vnstat/setup.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ chmod 755 /var/run/vnstat
 
 mkdir -p /var/lib/vnstat
 chown -R vnstat:vnstat /var/lib/vnstat
-chmod 755 /var/lib/vnstat
+chmod 755 /var/lib/
+chmod -R 755 /var/lib/vnstat