diff --git a/gns3server/compute/docker/docker_vm.py b/gns3server/compute/docker/docker_vm.py
index a059af78..4ac9e21d 100644
--- a/gns3server/compute/docker/docker_vm.py
+++ b/gns3server/compute/docker/docker_vm.py
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ class DockerVM(BaseNode):
         """
         path = os.path.join(self.working_dir, "etc", "network")
         os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
+        open(os.path.join(path, ".gns3_perms"), 'a').close()
         os.makedirs(os.path.join(path, "if-up.d"), exist_ok=True)
         os.makedirs(os.path.join(path, "if-down.d"), exist_ok=True)
         os.makedirs(os.path.join(path, "if-pre-up.d"), exist_ok=True)
diff --git a/gns3server/compute/docker/resources/init.sh b/gns3server/compute/docker/resources/init.sh
index 7aa862f8..ee98bebd 100755
--- a/gns3server/compute/docker/resources/init.sh
+++ b/gns3server/compute/docker/resources/init.sh
@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ do
     mkdir -p "$i"
 
     # Copy original files if destination is empty (first start)
-    [ "$(ls -A "/gns3volumes$i")" ] || cp -a "$i/." "/gns3volumes$i"
+    if [ ! -f "/gns3volumes$i/.gns3_perms" ]; then
+        cp -a "$i/." "/gns3volumes$i"
+        touch "/gns3volumes$i/.gns3_perms"
+    fi
 
     mount --bind "/gns3volumes$i" "$i"
-    if [ -f "$i/.gns3_perms" ]
-    then
-        while IFS=: read PERMS OWNER GROUP FILE
-        do
-            [ -L "$FILE" ] || chmod "$PERMS" "$FILE"
-            chown -h "${OWNER}:${GROUP}" "$FILE"
-        done < "$i/.gns3_perms"
-    fi
+    while IFS=: read PERMS OWNER GROUP FILE
+    do
+        [ -L "$FILE" ] || chmod "$PERMS" "$FILE"
+        chown -h "${OWNER}:${GROUP}" "$FILE"
+    done < "$i/.gns3_perms"
 done