diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 12393a156..c256cfd9a 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -935,6 +935,28 @@ set_permissions()
 	sudo find "${ALLSKY_WEBSITE}" -type d -exec chmod 775 '{}' \;
 	sudo find "${ALLSKY_WEBSITE}" -type f -exec chmod 664 '{}' \;
 	sudo chgrp --recursive "${WEBSERVER_GROUP}" "${ALLSKY_WEBSITE}"
+
+	# Get the session handler type from th ephp ini file
+	SESSION_HANDLER="$( get_php_setting "session.save_handler" )"
+	# We need to make changes if the handler is using the filesystem
+	if [[ ${SESSION_HANDLER} == "files" ]]; then
+		# Get the path to the php sessions
+		SESSION_PATH="$( get_php_setting "session.save_path" )"
+
+		# Loop over all files in the session folder and if any are not owned by the
+		# web server user then changs ALL of the php sessions to be owned by the
+		# web server user
+		sudo find "${SESSION_PATH}" -type f -print0 | while read -r -d $'\0' SESSION_FILE
+		do
+			OWNER="$( sudo stat -c '%U' "${SESSION_FILE}" )"
+			if [[ ${OWNER} != "${WEBSERVER_OWNER}" ]]; then
+				display_msg --log info "Found php sessions with wrong owner - fixing them"
+				sudo chown -R "${WEBSERVER_OWNER}":"${WEBSERVER_OWNER}" "${SESSION_PATH}"
+				break        
+			fi
+		done
+	fi
+
 }
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/installUpgradeFunctions.sh b/scripts/installUpgradeFunctions.sh
index 89dd4fcec..5b8a1c711 100644
--- a/scripts/installUpgradeFunctions.sh
+++ b/scripts/installUpgradeFunctions.sh
@@ -971,3 +971,13 @@ function get_computer()
 	echo "${MODEL}, ${GB} GB"
 }
 
+
+####
+# Get a value from the php ini file, using php rather than parsing the ini 
+# files directly. This does assume that both the cli and cgi settings files
+# work in the same way.
+#
+get_php_setting() {
+    local SETTING="${1}"
+    php -r "echo ini_get('${SETTING}');"
+}