diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects/chunks_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects/chunks_controller.rb
index 451300fe1569b2acd1e813f58fc7ab357c73b388..16d462ac16a2261b7413a07d32ec6cbbb03549a5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects/chunks_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects/chunks_controller.rb
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class V1::LearningObjects::ChunksController < ApplicationController
         f.write File.read(file_chunk_path)
       end
     end
-    FileUtils.chown_R 'portalmec', 'portalmec', final_file_path
+    FileUtils.chown_R 'root', 'root', final_file_path
     FileUtils.chmod 0644, final_file_path
     # Cleanup chunk file directory and all chunk files
     FileUtils.rm_rf(chunk_file_directory)
diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects/uploads_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects/uploads_controller.rb
index 627870c82e12b3ad6d17bb2212ee73149f876d24..25c8fc97f7fab7d1330919cb40046f2ac3b205fe 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects/uploads_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects/uploads_controller.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class V1::LearningObjects::UploadsController < ApplicationController
 
     path = File.join(dir, upload_params[:file].original_filename)
     FileUtils.mv(upload_params[:file].tempfile.path, path, force: true)
-    FileUtils.chown_R 'portalmec', 'portalmec', path
+    FileUtils.chown_R 'root', 'root', path
     FileUtils.chmod 0644, path
     path
   end