diff --git a/docker/scripts/take-ownership.sh b/docker/scripts/take-ownership.sh
index 9cd54fd..13203b3 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/take-ownership.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/take-ownership.sh
@@ -3,22 +3,25 @@ REPO_ROOT=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/../..
 # Export desktop environment shell configuration
 eval "$($REPO_ROOT/docker/scripts/environment.sh)"
 
-DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_VOLUMES=$(cat $REPO_ROOT/docker/scripts/environment.sh | grep echo | grep -v _ID | grep -E "CACHE|STATE|USER_" | cut -b 13- | cut -f 1 -d =)
+DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_VOLUMES=$(cat $REPO_ROOT/docker/scripts/environment.sh | grep echo | grep -E 'CACHE|STATE|USER_' | grep -v '_ID' | cut -d' ' -f3 | cut -d= -f1)
 
 for VOLUME_NAME in $DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_VOLUMES; do
 
   VOLUME_PATH=$(printenv $VOLUME_NAME)
 
-  echo Owning $VOLUME_NAME...
+  # If the volume path is non-writable
+  if [ ! -w "$VOLUME_PATH" ]; then
+    echo Owning $VOLUME_NAME...
 
-  # Give the desktop environment user ownership of the volume
-  docker run \
-    --quiet \
-    --rm \
-    --user root \
-    --volume $VOLUME_NAME:$VOLUME_PATH \
-    alpine:latest \
-    chown -R $DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_USER_ID:$DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_USER_ID $VOLUME_PATH &
+    # Give the desktop environment user ownership of the volume
+    docker run \
+      --quiet \
+      --rm \
+      --user root \
+      --volume $VOLUME_NAME:$VOLUME_PATH \
+      alpine:latest \
+      chown -R $DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_USER_ID:$DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_USER_ID $VOLUME_PATH &
+  fi
 
 done