diff --git a/plogical/vhost.py b/plogical/vhost.py
index 24127a088..8bfa8bd9a 100755
--- a/plogical/vhost.py
+++ b/plogical/vhost.py
@@ -910,9 +910,10 @@ class vhost:
             else:
                 groupName = 'nogroup'
 
-            command = 'sudo -u %s chown %s:%s %s' % (virtualHostUser, virtualHostUser, groupName, path)
+            command = 'sudo -g %s -u %s chown %s:%s %s' % (groupName, virtualHostUser, virtualHostUser, groupName, path)
             ProcessUtilities.normalExecutioner(command)
 
+
             command = "sudo -u %s chmod 750 %s" % (virtualHostUser, path)
             cmd = shlex.split(command)
             subprocess.call(cmd, stdout=FNULL, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)