diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index bfa7228..a2094a0 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ echo "Done."
 echo "Starting Django project..."
 if [ ! -d "/home/$user" ] ; then
 	mkdir /home/$user
-    chown $user:$user /home/$user
+    chown -R $user:$user /home/$user
 fi
 mkdir /home/$user/$projectname
 if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ deactivate
 if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
 	echo "Failed to deactivate virtual environment, (this may not be an issue). $djamsg"
 fi
-chown -R centos:centos $projectname
+chown -R $user:$user $projectname
 if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
 	echo "Failed to change permissions of $projectname. $djamsg"
     exit 1
@@ -252,8 +252,11 @@ server {
         proxy_pass http://unix:/home/$user/$projectname/$projectname.sock;
     }
 }" > /etc/nginx/conf.d/mysite.conf
-sed -i "s/user nginx/user $user nginx/" /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+# set the nginx user
+if [ ! $user = "nginx" ] ; then
+    sed -i "s/user nginx/user $user nginx/" /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+fi
 systemctl restart nginx
-systemctl status nginxsetup
+systemctl status nginx
 
 echo "Done. Logs can be found in /root/logs/"