diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/gitlab-core.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/gitlab-core.rb
index 10768d2..4a7aa65 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/gitlab-core.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/gitlab-core.rb
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ link "/opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-core/config/gitlab.yml" do
 end
 
 directory node['gitlab']['gitlab-core']['satellites_path'] do
-  owner git_user
-  group git_group
+  owner node['gitlab']['user']['username']
+  group node['gitlab']['user']['group']
   recursive true
 end
 
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libgit2 0.21.2