diff --git a/assets/init b/assets/init
index 39c85764..78003150 100755
--- a/assets/init
+++ b/assets/init
@@ -266,9 +266,7 @@ chown git:git /home/git/data/repositories
 
 # create the satellites directory and make sure it has the right permissions
 sudo -u git -H mkdir -p /home/git/data/gitlab-satellites/
-sudo chmod u+rwx,g+rx,o-rwx /home/git/data/gitlab-satellites/
-sudo chmod ug-s /home/git/data/gitlab-satellites/
-find /home/git/data/gitlab-satellites/ -type d -print0 | sudo xargs -0 chmod g+s
+find /home/git/data/gitlab-satellites/ -type d -print0 | sudo xargs -0 chmod u+rwx,g+rx-sw,o-rwx
 chown git:git /home/git/data/gitlab-satellites
 
 # create the backups directory