diff --git a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/ReleaseTask.php b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/ReleaseTask.php
index 7f8fef9..7a149c4 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/ReleaseTask.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/ReleaseTask.php
@@ -59,14 +59,13 @@ class ReleaseTask extends AbstractTask implements IsReleaseAware, SkipOnOverride
             	$command .= ' && '
                           . 'chown -h ' . $userGroup . ' ' . $symlink
                           . ' && '
-                          . 'chown -R ' . $userGroup . ' ' . $currentCopy;
+                          . 'chown -R ' . $userGroup . ' ' . $currentCopy
+                          . ' && '
+                          . 'chown ' . $userGroup . ' ' . $releasesDirectory;
             }
 
             $result = $this->runCommandRemote($command);
 
-            // Set Directory Releases to same owner
-            $result = $this->runCommandRemote('chown ' . $userGroup . ' ' . $releasesDirectory);
-
             return $result;
 
         } else {
@@ -74,4 +73,4 @@ class ReleaseTask extends AbstractTask implements IsReleaseAware, SkipOnOverride
         }
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}