diff --git a/base-notebook/start-notebook.sh b/base-notebook/start-notebook.sh
index 5ac50e2e..499b4c55 100755
--- a/base-notebook/start-notebook.sh
+++ b/base-notebook/start-notebook.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ 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
 
     # Enable sudo if requested