diff --git a/chainquery/start.sh b/chainquery/start.sh
index 9c8710b..29cf0ff 100755
--- a/chainquery/start.sh
+++ b/chainquery/start.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-## Ensure perms are correct prior to running main binary
-chown -R 1000:1000 /data
-chmod -R 755 /data
-
 ## For now keeping this simple. Potentially eventually add all command args as envvars for the Dockerfile or use safe way to add args via docker-compose.yml
 chainquery