diff --git a/scripts/user-perm-helpers.sh b/scripts/user-perm-helpers.sh
index a31d1ddd5..28db38732 100755
--- a/scripts/user-perm-helpers.sh
+++ b/scripts/user-perm-helpers.sh
@@ -10,25 +10,31 @@ LANDO_MODULE="userperms"
 add_user() {
   local USER=$1
   local GROUP=$2
-  local WEBROOT_UID=$3
-  local WEBROOT_GID=$4
-  if ! getent group | cut -d: -f1 | grep "$GROUP" > /dev/null 2>&1; then addgroup -g "$WEBROOT_GID" "$GROUP" 2>/dev/null; fi
-  if ! id -u "$USER" > /dev/null 2>&1; then adduser -H -D -G "$GROUP" -u "$WEBROOT_UID" "$USER" "$GROUP" 2>/dev/null; fi
+  local UID=$3
+  local GID=$4
+  local DISTRO=$5
+  local EXTRAS="$6"
+  if [ "$DISTRO" = "alpine" ]; then
+    if ! groups | grep "$GROUP" > /dev/null 2>&1; then addgroup -g "$GID" "$GROUP" 2>/dev/null; fi
+    if ! id -u "$GROUP" > /dev/null 2>&1; then adduser -H -D -G "$GROUP" -u "$UID" "$USER" "$GROUP" 2>/dev/null; fi
+  else
+    if ! groups | grep "$GROUP" > /dev/null 2>&1; then groupadd --force --gid "$GID" "$GROUP" 2>/dev/null; fi
+    if ! id -u "$GROUP" > /dev/null 2>&1; then useradd --gid "$GID" --uid "$UID" $EXTRAS "$USER" 2>/dev/null; fi
+  fi;
 }
 
 # Verify user
 verify_user() {
   local USER=$1
   local GROUP=$2
+  local DISTRO=$3
   id -u "$USER" > /dev/null 2>&1
-  groups "$USER" | grep "$GROUP" > /dev/null 2>&1
-  if command -v chsh > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-    if command -v /bin/bash > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-      chsh -s /bin/bash $USER || true
-    fi;
-  else
+  groups | grep "$GROUP" > /dev/null 2>&1
+  if [ "$DISTRO" = "alpine" ]; then
     true
     # is there a chsh we can use? do we need to?
+  else
+    chsh -s /bin/bash $USER || true
   fi;
 }
 
@@ -53,10 +59,11 @@ reset_user() {
     if [ "$(id -u $USER)"  != "$HOST_UID" ]; then
       usermod -o -u "$HOST_UID" "$USER" 2>/dev/null
     fi
-    groupmod -o -g "$HOST_GID" "$GROUP" 2>/dev/null || true
-    if [ "$(id -g $USER)"  != "$HOST_GID" ]; then
+    groupmod -g "$HOST_GID" "$GROUP" 2>/dev/null || true
+    if [ "$(id -u $USER)"  != "$HOST_UID" ]; then
       usermod -g "$HOST_GID" "$USER" 2>/dev/null || true
     fi
+    usermod -a -G "$GROUP" "$USER" 2>/dev/null || true
   fi;
   # If this mapping is incorrect lets abort here
   if [ "$(id -u $USER)" != "$HOST_UID" ]; then
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ perm_sweep() {
   nohup find /user/.ssh -not -user $USER -execdir chown $USER:$GROUP {} \+ > /tmp/perms.out 2> /tmp/perms.err &
   nohup find /var/www -not -user $USER -execdir chown $USER:$GROUP {} \+ > /tmp/perms.out 2> /tmp/perms.err &
   nohup find /usr/local/bin -not -user $USER -execdir chown $USER:$GROUP {} \+ > /tmp/perms.out 2> /tmp/perms.err &
+  nohup chmod -R 755 /var/www >/dev/null 2>&1 &
 
   # Lets also make some /usr/locals chowned
   nohup find /usr/local/lib -not -user $USER -execdir chown $USER:$GROUP {} \+ > /tmp/perms.out 2> /tmp/perms.err &