diff --git a/tasks/build/pleaserun.js b/tasks/build/pleaserun.js
index 9f99955ad9ca5..a48e7ddb10bc2 100644
--- a/tasks/build/pleaserun.js
+++ b/tasks/build/pleaserun.js
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ module.exports = function createServices(grunt) {
 
     grunt.file.mkdir(userScriptsDir);
     exec('please-manage-user', ['--output', userScriptsDir, 'kibana']);
-    appendFileSync(resolve(userScriptsDir, 'installer.sh'), 'chown kibana:kibana /opt/kibana/optimize');
+    appendFileSync(resolve(userScriptsDir, 'installer.sh'), 'chown -R kibana:kibana /opt/kibana/optimize');
   });
 };