diff --git a/versions/master/airootfs/fast_install_stage2.sh b/versions/master/airootfs/fast_install_stage2.sh
index b561018..b630396 100644
--- a/versions/master/airootfs/fast_install_stage2.sh
+++ b/versions/master/airootfs/fast_install_stage2.sh
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ chown slurm:slurm /var/lib/slurm/
 
 pipenv install easybuild setuptools
 mkdir /clusterfs/modules
-chown root:sudo /clusterfs/modules
+chown -R root:sudo /clusterfs/modules/
 chmod 775 -R /clusterfs/modules
 source /etc/profile.d/modules.sh
 pipenv run eb --install-latest-eb-release --prefix /clusterfs/modules --robot --allow-use-as-root-and-accept-consequences