diff --git a/utils/logger.sh b/utils/logger.sh
index 28983c5..7634970 100644
--- a/utils/logger.sh
+++ b/utils/logger.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ extension=${file##*.}
 base=$(basename "${file%.*}")
 
 # create remote folder to store logs if not exist
-ssh $ES7_LOGS_SERVER_SSH "mkdir -p $REMOTE_PATH"
+# \$ allow read remote variable value
+ssh $ES7_LOGS_SERVER_SSH "sudo mkdir -p $REMOTE_PATH && sudo chown -R \$(whoami): $REMOTE_PATH"
 
 # Copy local logfile to remote destination
 scp $1 "$ES7_LOGS_SERVER_SSH:$REMOTE_PATH"
@@ -31,7 +32,4 @@ if [ $extension != "txt" ]; then
         ssh $ES7_LOGS_SERVER_SSH "mv $REMOTE_PATH$file $REMOTE_PATH$base.txt"
 fi
 
-# set correct owner of webserver files
-ssh $ES7_LOGS_SERVER_SSH "sudo chown -R www-data: $REMOTE_PATH"
-
 echo "${PUBLIC_LOG_URL}${base}.txt"