diff --git a/create-arch-bootstrap.sh b/create-arch-bootstrap.sh
index d8e499b..518892c 100755
--- a/create-arch-bootstrap.sh
+++ b/create-arch-bootstrap.sh
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ rm -f "${bootstrap}"/var/cache/pacman/pkg/*
 # This is needed for bubblewrap to be able to bind real files/dirs to them
 # later in the conty-start.sh script
 mkdir "${bootstrap}"/media
-mkdir "${bootstrap}"/root
 touch "${bootstrap}"/etc/asound.conf
 touch "${bootstrap}"/etc/localtime
+chmod 755 "${bootstrap}"/root
 
 clear
 echo "Done"