diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-chown-files b/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-chown-files
index 8579706..3fa19bc 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-chown-files
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-chown-files
@@ -1,23 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
 
-# check for preferences file, make lock file if not found and exit out
+# check for preferences file and if not found, exit out
 if [ ! -e "/config/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Preferences.xml" ]; then
-mkdir -p /config/Library
-touch /config/Library/linuxserver-chown.lock
-chown abc:abc \
+  mkdir -p /config/Library
+  chown abc:abc \
 	/config/Library
-chown abc:abc \
-	/config/Library/linuxserver-chown.lock
-exit 0
+  exit 0
 fi
 
-if [ ! -f "/config/Library/linuxserver-chown.lock" ]; then
-echo "Possible migration from existing version detected, please be patient while we chown existing files"
-echo "This could take some time"
-chown abc:abc -R \
+if [ ! `stat -c %U /config/Library` = "abc" ]; then
+  echo "Change in ownership detected, please be patient while we chown existing files"
+  echo "This could take some time"
+  chown abc:abc -R \
 	/config/Library
-touch /config/Library/linuxserver-chown.lock
-chown abc:abc \
-	/config/Library/linuxserver-chown.lock
-echo "chown operation completed"
 fi