diff --git a/app/db/session.py b/app/db/session.py
index 240164d..c592685 100644
--- a/app/db/session.py
+++ b/app/db/session.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import os
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 
@@ -8,8 +7,8 @@ from app.core.config import settings
 DB_DIR = settings.DB_DIR
 DB_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-# Ensure the database directory has write permissions
-os.chmod(DB_DIR, 0o777)
+# Note: We're not using chmod here since /app/storage/db is already
+# owned by appuser and has the appropriate permissions
 
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = settings.SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL
 
diff --git a/migrations/env.py b/migrations/env.py
index f25a37c..260fa9b 100644
--- a/migrations/env.py
+++ b/migrations/env.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from logging.config import fileConfig
-import os
 from sqlalchemy import engine_from_config
 from sqlalchemy import pool
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -70,8 +69,8 @@ def run_migrations_online() -> None:
     db_dir = Path(settings.DB_DIR)
     db_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     
-    # Ensure the database directory has write permissions
-    os.chmod(db_dir, 0o777)
+    # Note: We're not using chmod here since /app/storage/db is already
+    # owned by appuser and has the appropriate permissions
     
     connectable = engine_from_config(
         config.get_section(config.config_ini_section, {}),