diff --git a/base-notebook/start.sh b/base-notebook/start.sh
index d7a47ba8..516c4993 100755
--- a/base-notebook/start.sh
+++ b/base-notebook/start.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if [ $UID == 0 ] ; then
     # Change UID of NB_USER to NB_UID if it does not match
     if [ "$NB_UID" != $(id -u $NB_USER) ] ; then
         usermod -u $NB_UID $NB_USER
-        chown -R $NB_UID $CONDA_DIR .
+        chown -R $NB_UID $CONDA_DIR
     fi
 
     # Change GID of NB_USER to NB_GID if NB_GID is passed as a parameter