diff --git a/appspec.yml b/appspec.yml
index cefddcb1d..8d617ca3d 100644
--- a/appspec.yml
+++ b/appspec.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ hooks:
       location: scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
       runas: root
       timeout: 300
+    -
+      location: scripts/aws_change_ownership.sh
+      runas: root
+      timeout: 300
   ApplicationStart:
     -
       location: scripts/aws_start_app.sh
diff --git a/scripts/aws_change_ownership.sh b/scripts/aws_change_ownership.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..411d380b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/aws_change_ownership.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Chown application to be owned by ubuntu"
+cd /home/ubuntu/;
+chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu notifications-api