diff --git a/bash/portal/install.sh b/bash/portal/install.sh
index bdcd7cf..402c1fc 100755
--- a/bash/portal/install.sh
+++ b/bash/portal/install.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ sudo cp -R ${HTMLDIR}/* ${DOCUMENTROOT}
 
 echo -e "\033[33m"
 echo "Setting permissions on graphs folder...\033[37m"
-chmod 777 ${DOCUMENTROOT}/graphs/
+sudo chmod 777 ${DOCUMENTROOT}/graphs/
 
 echo -e "\033[33m"
 echo "Setting up performance graphs..."