diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2e61762..6cce8f9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # Install Python dependencies using pip
 # Upgrade pip first, then copy requirements and install
 # Copying requirements.txt separately leverages build cache
-# No --chown needed as it's copied as root
 COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt && \
     # Clean root's pip cache
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ RUN echo "#!/bin/sh" > /usr/local/bin/pyrequests && \
       chmod +x /usr/local/bin/pyrequests
 
 # Copy application code *after* dependencies are installed
-# No --chown needed as it's copied as root, entrypoint will handle permissions
 COPY . .
 
 # Final setup: permissions and directories in one layer
@@ -92,8 +90,6 @@ COPY . .
 # Ownership will be handled by the entrypoint script.
 RUN mkdir -p /var/log/cwa-book-downloader /cwa-book-ingest && \
     chmod +x /app/entrypoint.sh /app/tor.sh /app/genDebug.sh
-    # chown is removed
-
 
 # Expose the application port
 EXPOSE ${FLASK_PORT}
diff --git a/backend.py b/backend.py
index 941fa1f..2057866 100644
--- a/backend.py
+++ b/backend.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import subprocess
 import os
 
 from logger import setup_logger
-from config import CUSTOM_SCRIPT, CROSS_FILE_SYSTEM
+from config import CUSTOM_SCRIPT
 from env import INGEST_DIR, TMP_DIR, MAIN_LOOP_SLEEP_TIME, USE_BOOK_TITLE
 from models import book_queue, BookInfo, QueueStatus, SearchFilters
 import book_manager
@@ -141,17 +141,13 @@ def _download_book(book_id: str) -> Optional[str]:
         final_path = INGEST_DIR /  book_name
         
         if os.path.exists(book_path):
-            if CROSS_FILE_SYSTEM:
-                logger.info(f"Copying book to ingest directory then renaming: {book_path} -> {intermediate_path} -> {final_path}")
-                try:
-                    shutil.move(book_path, intermediate_path)
-                except Exception as e:
-                    logger.debug(f"Error moving book: {e}, will try copying instead")
-                    shutil.copy(book_path, intermediate_path)
-                    os.remove(book_path)
-            else:
-                logger.info(f"Moving book to ingest directory: {book_path} -> {intermediate_path}")
+            logger.info(f"Moving book to ingest directory then renaming: {book_path} -> {intermediate_path} -> {final_path}")
+            try:
                 shutil.move(book_path, intermediate_path)
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.debug(f"Error moving book: {e}, will try copying instead")
+                shutil.copy(book_path, intermediate_path)
+                os.remove(book_path)
             logger.info(f"Renaming book: {intermediate_path} -> {final_path}")
             os.rename(intermediate_path, final_path)
         return str(final_path)
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 545d1b5..5c918a4 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ LOG_FILE=${LOG_DIR}/cwa-bd_entrypoint.log
 # Cleanup any existing files or folders in the log directory
 rm -rf $LOG_DIR/*
 
-
 (
-if [ "$USING_TOR" = "true" ]; then
-    ./tor.sh
-fi
+    if [ "$USING_TOR" = "true" ]; then
+        ./tor.sh
+    fi
 )
 
 exec 3>&1 4>&2
@@ -52,11 +51,43 @@ fi
 # Get username for the UID (whether we just created it or it existed)
 USERNAME=$(getent passwd "$UID" | cut -d: -f1)
 echo "Username for UID $UID is $USERNAME"
+
+test_write() {
+    folder=$1
+    mkdir -p $folder
+    set +e
+    (
+        sudo -E -u "$USERNAME" HOME=/app echo 0123456789_TEST > $folder/calibre-web-automated-book-downloader_TEST_WRITE
+    )
+    set -e
+    FILE_CONTENT=$(cat $folder/calibre-web-automated-book-downloader_TEST_WRITE)
+    rm -f $folder/calibre-web-automated-book-downloader_TEST_WRITE
+    [ "$FILE_CONTENT" = "0123456789_TEST" ]
+    result=$?
+    if [ $result -eq 0 ]; then
+        result_text="true"
+    else
+        result_text="false"
+    fi
+    echo "Test write to $folder by $USERNAME: $result_text"
+    return $result
+}
+
 # Ensure proper ownership of application directories
 change_ownership() {
-  folder=$1
-  echo "Changing ownership of $folder to $USERNAME:$GID"
-  chown -R "${UID}:${GID}" "${folder}" || echo "Failed to change ownership for ${folder}, continuing..."
+    folder=$1
+    set +e
+    mkdir -p $folder
+    if test_write $folder; then
+        echo "Successfully wrote to $folder as $USERNAME, no need to change ownership"
+    else    
+        echo "Failed to write to $folder as $USERNAME"
+        echo "Changing ownership of $folder to $USERNAME:$GID"
+        chown -R "${UID}:${GID}" "${folder}" || echo "Failed to change ownership for ${folder}, continuing..."
+        echo "Changing mode of $folder to group r/w"
+        chmod g+r,g+w "${folder}" || echo "Failed to change mode for ${folder}, continuing..."
+    fi
+    set -e
 }
 
 change_ownership /app
@@ -64,6 +95,12 @@ change_ownership /var/log/cwa-book-downloader
 change_ownership /cwa-book-ingest
 change_ownership /tmp/cwa-book-downloader
 
+# Test write to all folders
+test_write /app
+test_write /var/log/cwa-book-downloader
+test_write /cwa-book-ingest
+test_write /tmp/cwa-book-downloader
+
 # Set the command to run based on the environment
 is_prod=$(echo "$APP_ENV" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 if [ "$is_prod" = "prod" ]; then