diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 2f6c24c..9115eb9 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
       file: src={{ orientdb_tar_filename }} dest={{ orientdb_install_dir }} state=link
 
     - name: Create a link to the data directory
-      become: True
-      become_user: '{{ orientdb_user }}'
       ansible.builtin.file:
         src: '{{ orientdb_data_dir }}'
         dest: '{{ orientdb_home_prefix }}/{{ orientdb_user }}/{{ orientdb_dir }}-{{ orientdb_version }}/databases'
         state: link
+        owner: '{{ orientdb_user }}'
+        group: '{{ orientdb_user }}'
         force: True
 
     - name: Create a orientdb log directory out of the distribution directory