diff --git a/make/photon/jobservice/start.sh b/make/photon/jobservice/start.sh
index 607d44a4e..517971b16 100644
--- a/make/photon/jobservice/start.sh
+++ b/make/photon/jobservice/start.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-
+if [ -d /var/log/jobs ]; then
+    chown -R 10000:10000 /var/log/jobs/
+fi
 sudo -E -u \#10000 "/harbor/harbor_jobservice" "-c" "/etc/jobservice/config.yml"