diff --git a/packages/opengnsys-forgejo/debian/rules b/packages/opengnsys-forgejo/debian/rules
index c398f96..210b0d1 100755
--- a/packages/opengnsys-forgejo/debian/rules
+++ b/packages/opengnsys-forgejo/debian/rules
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_auto_install
 	mkdir -p debian/opengnsys-forgejo/opt/opengnsys/ogrepository/var/lib/forgejo
 	mkdir -p debian/opengnsys-forgejo/opt/opengnsys/ogrepository/var/lib/forgejo/work
-	chown -R oggit:oggit debian/opengnsys-forgejo/opt/opengnsys/ogrepository/var/lib/forgejo
+# fails under fakeroot for some reason, fix in postinst
+#	chown -R oggit:oggit debian/opengnsys-forgejo/opt/opengnsys/ogrepository/var/lib/forgejo
 
 
 # dh_make generated override targets.