diff --git a/autodeploy/setup.sh b/autodeploy/setup.sh
index 6e0b166..d795a80 100755
--- a/autodeploy/setup.sh
+++ b/autodeploy/setup.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ echo "=> group ID: $group"
 chgrp -R "$group" .
 
 echo "copy permissions from owner to owner group"
-chmod -R g=u .
+chmod -R g=u . || true
 
 echo "symlinking $PWD/.pixi/envs $PWD/../../envs"
 "$SCRIPT_PATH/symlink.sh" "$PWD/.pixi/envs" "$PWD/../../envs"