diff --git a/scripts/99_deploy.sh b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
index dbcedd2..60ac73f 100644
--- a/scripts/99_deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ deploy_file() {
         # if the target path ends with a slash, we have a directory
         if [[ "$_trg_path" == */ ]]
         then
-            chown ${user}:${user} ${_trg_path}*
-            chown ${user}:${user} ${_trg_path}.*
+            # https://serverfault.com/questions/156437/how-to-chown-a-directory-recursively-including-hidden-files-or-directories
+            chown ${user}:${user} ${_trg_path}.[^.]*
         else
             chown ${user}:${user} ${_trg_path}
         fi