diff --git a/cookbooks/colab/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/colab/recipes/default.rb
index c568ae1..5b7f509 100644
--- a/cookbooks/colab/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/colab/recipes/default.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ directory '/var/log/colab' do
 end
 
 directory '/var/lock/colab' do
-  owner 'root'
+  owner 'colab'
   group 'colab'
   mode 0755
 end
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