diff --git a/CPScripts/fixperms.sh b/CPScripts/fixperms.sh
index 37c2f5da2..e1ceefdac 100644
--- a/CPScripts/fixperms.sh
+++ b/CPScripts/fixperms.sh
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ fixperms_cyberpanel () {
     echo "Fixing public_html...."
     tput sgr0
     #Fix perms of public_html itself
-    chown "$verbose" "$account":"$account" "$HOMEDIR"/public_html
+    chown "$verbose" "$account":nobody "$HOMEDIR"/public_html
     chmod "$verbose" 755 "$HOMEDIR"/public_html
 
     tput bold