diff --git a/var/lib/zio-backup/de01.pre b/var/lib/zio-backup/de01.pre
index e92043e..bdd7236 100644
--- a/var/lib/zio-backup/de01.pre
+++ b/var/lib/zio-backup/de01.pre
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ postgres_dump_file="/srv/common/sql/postgres_$host.sql"
 postgres_password="5H4bsfAVXGFQFYfpPzDtcYpUXB8vjQUT"
 
 mkdir -p $sql_dump_dir
+touch $postgres_dump_file
+chmod -R 660 $sql_dump_dir
+chown -R root:root $sql_dump_dir
 
 say "Photoprism: Importing media..."
 podman exec -it photoprism photoprism import