diff --git a/debian/debian/jenkins.postinst b/debian/debian/jenkins.postinst
index d7d776f8acbcc3bb05508246b09cf2d67d8cc078..581321eab0a704f1701feed370f993ba39828257 100644
--- a/debian/debian/jenkins.postinst
+++ b/debian/debian/jenkins.postinst
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ case "$1" in
         fi
       
         # directories needed for jenkins
-        chown -R jenkins:adm /var/lib/jenkins /var/log/jenkins
-        #chmod 750         /var/lib/jenkins /var/log/jenkins
+        # we don't do -R because it can take a long time on big installation
+        chown jenkins:adm /var/lib/jenkins /var/log/jenkins
+        # we don't do "chmod 750" so that the user can choose the pemission for g and o on their own
+        chmod u+rwx /var/lib/jenkins /var/log/jenkins
 
         # make sure jenkins can delete everything in /var/run/jenkins to re-explode war
         chown -R jenkins:adm /var/run/jenkins