diff --git a/recipes/common.php b/recipes/common.php
index 1704538..31c848d 100644
--- a/recipes/common.php
+++ b/recipes/common.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
  * Does not support writable_mode configuration - always uses this
  */
 task('deploy:writable', function () {
-    if (has('http_user')) {
+    if (has('http_user') && get('writable_mode') === 'chown') {
         run("cd {{release_or_current_path}} && chown -R {{http_user}} .");
     }
     // set all directories to 755
diff --git a/src/set.php b/src/set.php
index d8ab1fe..e295e11 100644
--- a/src/set.php
+++ b/src/set.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 namespace Deployer;
 
 use function Gaambo\DeployerWordpress\Utils\Composer\installComposer;
-use function \Gaambo\DeployerWordpress\Utils\WPCLI\installWPCLI;
+use function Gaambo\DeployerWordpress\Utils\WPCLI\installWPCLI;
 
 require_once 'utils/wp-cli.php';
 
@@ -162,3 +162,5 @@
 set('release_name', function () {
     return date('YmdHis'); // you could also use the composer.json version here
 });
+
+set('writable_mode', 'chown');