diff --git a/.vagrant/machines/default/libvirt/created_networks b/.vagrant/machines/default/libvirt/created_networks
index 2ad5939..5e0f6ab 100644
--- a/.vagrant/machines/default/libvirt/created_networks
+++ b/.vagrant/machines/default/libvirt/created_networks
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@
 5533801d-70e3-4c21-9942-82d20930c789
 5533801d-70e3-4c21-9942-82d20930c789
 5533801d-70e3-4c21-9942-82d20930c789
+5533801d-70e3-4c21-9942-82d20930c789
+5533801d-70e3-4c21-9942-82d20930c789
diff --git a/exampleconfig.yaml b/exampleconfig.yaml
index b527acf..7d48846 100644
--- a/exampleconfig.yaml
+++ b/exampleconfig.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ port: 80
 # Files that will be copied into container on startup
 skel: /etc/podterminal/skel.tar.gz
 skel_target: /config
+skel_chown: true
+# Currently useless
+skel_owner: "abc"
 ssl: false
 ssl_cert: /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
 ssl_cert_key: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
diff --git a/pods/skel.go b/pods/skel.go
index 095108d..d3218ff 100644
--- a/pods/skel.go
+++ b/pods/skel.go
@@ -1,25 +1,31 @@
 package pods
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/bindings"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/bindings/containers"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
 // CopySkelToContainer copies an Archive into the containers root
 func CopySkelToContainer(id string) error {
+	chownBool := viper.GetBool("skel_chown")
 	log.Println("Copying skel Archive to container")
 	var err error
 	conn, err := bindings.GetClient(Socket)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	options := containers.CopyOptions{
+		Chown: &chownBool,
+	}
 
 	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(viper.GetString("skel"))
+
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("Could not access Skel archive")
 		return err
@@ -33,9 +39,14 @@ func CopySkelToContainer(id string) error {
 	}
 	defer file.Close()
 
-	params := url.Values{}
+	params, err := options.ToParams()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Could not parse skel options", err)
+		return err
+	}
 	params.Set("path", viper.GetString("skel_target"))
 
+	fmt.Println("Container", id, " Params: ", params.Encode())
 	response, err := conn.DoRequest(
 		Socket,
 		file,
@@ -50,9 +61,11 @@ func CopySkelToContainer(id string) error {
 	}
 
 	if response.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		log.Println("Error putting archive into container: ")
+		log.Println("Error putting archive into container: ", response.StatusCode, response.Body)
 		return err
 	}
 	log.Println(response.StatusCode, response.Body)
+
+	// Manually chown the Directory, because podmans chown is sometimes unreliable
 	return response.Process(nil)
 }
diff --git a/readConfig.go b/readConfig.go
index 2f604cb..f9f6891 100644
--- a/readConfig.go
+++ b/readConfig.go
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ func readConfigFile() {
 	viper.SetDefault("dri", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("dir_node", "/dev/dri/renderD128")
 	viper.SetDefault("skel", "/etc/podterminal/skel.tar.gz")
+	viper.SetDefault("skel_chown", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("skel_target", "/")
+	viper.SetDefault("skel_owner", "abc")
 	viper.SetDefault("block_filebrowser", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("envvars",
 		map[string]string{
diff --git a/web/reverseProxy.go b/web/reverseProxy.go
index 26fa95d..099bc84 100644
--- a/web/reverseProxy.go
+++ b/web/reverseProxy.go
@@ -57,16 +57,8 @@ func containerProxy(c *gin.Context) {
 			c.Abort()
 		}
 
-		err = pods.CopySkelToContainer(ct)
-
-		if err != nil {
-			c.HTML(
-				500,
-				"Error",
-				fmt.Sprintf("[%s] Could not copy skel archive to container: %v", sessionID, err),
-			)
-			c.Abort()
-		}
+		// Soft fail Skel
+		_ = pods.CopySkelToContainer(ct)
 
 		proxies[ct], err = createReverseProxy(fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:3000", ctip))