diff --git a/btv b/btv
index 309e091..43ffd05 100755
--- a/btv
+++ b/btv
@@ -230,7 +230,15 @@ def serialize(snap, outdir, key, snap_from=None):
 	with open("check-integrity.sh", "w") as f:
 		f.write("#! /bin/sh\n\nsha512sum --check manifest.sha512\n")
 	
-	os.chmod("check-integrity.sh", 0o500)
+	## fix permissions and ownership of created objects
+	os.chmod("check-integrity.sh", 0o555)
+	
+	outdir_stat = os.stat(outdir)
+	os.chown(directory, outdir_stat.st_uid, outdir_stat.st_gid)
+	
+	for file in os.listdir(directory):
+		path = os.path.join(directory, file)
+		os.chown(path, outdir_stat.st_uid, outdir_stat.st_gid)
 	
 	return 0
 
diff --git a/systemd/btv-backup.service b/systemd/btv-backup.service
index aa1354c..19eb0cb 100644
--- a/systemd/btv-backup.service
+++ b/systemd/btv-backup.service
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [Unit]
-Description=Do a filesystem snapshot, optionally offsite backup
+Description=Filesystem snapshot (with offsite backup)
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot