diff --git a/docs/setup.sh b/docs/setup.sh
index 05cb0309..e951a859 100755
--- a/docs/setup.sh
+++ b/docs/setup.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ pushd /etc/nixos/git
 # Home-Manager Setup
 echo ">>> Setting up Home Manager..... "
 sudo mkdir /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/albert
+
+# For some reason the syncthing folder takes this over and makes it owned by root
+sudo mkdir /home/albert/.config 
+sudo chown albert:albert /home/albert/.config
 sudo chown -R albert:root /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/albert
 home-manager switch -b backup --flake /etc/nixos/git
 source ~/.bashrc