diff --git a/debian-devuan-netboot.sh b/debian-devuan-netboot.sh
index 5bc2d66..0dd9d97 100755
--- a/debian-devuan-netboot.sh
+++ b/debian-devuan-netboot.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ for key in balazs dominique jinguk nico; do
     curl -s ${keyurl}/${key}.pub >> ${dir}/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
 done
 
+# Fix possible permission issue from above
+chown -R root:root ${dir}/root/
+
 ################################################################################
 # networking
 
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ chmod a+rx "${dir}/etc/rc.local"
 # ensure there is /init in the initramfs -> otherwise there is a kernel panic
 # reason: initramfs is designed to be PRE regular os, so /init usually hands over to /sbin/init
 # in our case, they are just the same
-ln -s /sbin/init ${dir}/init
+ln -fs /sbin/init ${dir}/init
 
 # Finally building the initramfs
 ( cd ${dir} ; find . | cpio -H newc -o | gzip -9 > ${initramfs} )