diff --git a/build/entrypoint.sh b/build/entrypoint.sh
index 330fe86..ac6506d 100644
--- a/build/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/build/entrypoint.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ else
     find $HOME | grep -q . || (echo "No files found - start the container with the init command, or copy/mount files into it at $HOME first. Sleeping 5 minutes before exiting so you have time to copy the files over." && sleep 300 && exit 1)
     # give friendly error if the user doesn't own the data
     if [[ $(id -u) != 0 ]]; then
-        find $HOME/.* -not -user $(id -u) | grep -q . || (echo "You do not own the data in $HOME. Please chown it to $(id -u), run the container as the owner of the data or run the container as root." && exit 1)
+        if [[ `find $HOME/.* -not -user $(id -u) | wc -l` != 0 ]]; then
+          echo "You do not own the data in $HOME. Please chown it to $(id -u), run the container as the owner of the data or run the container as root." && exit 1
+        fi
     fi
 
     # socat will make the conn appear to come from 127.0.0.1
diff --git a/deb/entrypoint.sh b/deb/entrypoint.sh
index b45b851..8bbc78f 100644
--- a/deb/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/deb/entrypoint.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ else
     find $HOME | grep -q . || (echo "No files found - start the container with the init command, or copy/mount files into it at $HOME first. Sleeping 5 minutes before exiting so you have time to copy the files over." && sleep 300 && exit 1)
     # give friendly error if the user doesn't own the data
     if [[ $(id -u) != 0 ]]; then
-        find $HOME/.* -not -user $(id -u) | grep -q . || (echo "You do not own the data in $HOME. Please chown it to $(id -u), run the container as the owner of the data or run the container as root." && exit 1)
+        if [[ `find $HOME/.* -not -user $(id -u) | wc -l` != 0 ]]; then
+          echo "You do not own the data in $HOME. Please chown it to $(id -u), run the container as the owner of the data or run the container as root." && exit 1
+        fi
     fi
 
     # socat will make the conn appear to come from 127.0.0.1