diff --git a/apache/lib/common b/apache/lib/common
index 398061b9..9c329e47 100644
--- a/apache/lib/common
+++ b/apache/lib/common
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ $SERVICE_NAME:
 }
 
 apache_data_dirs() {
-    local cfg="$1" data_dirs dst data dirs
+    local cfg="$1" data_dirs dst data fdir to_create
     data_dirs=$(e "$cfg" | cfg-get-value data-dirs 2>/dev/null | shyaml get-values 2>/dev/null) || true
     if [ -z "$data_dirs" ]; then
         return 0
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ apache_data_dirs() {
     data=()
     while IFS="," read -ra addr; do
         for dir in "${addr[@]}"; do
-            data+=($dir)
+            data+=("$dir")
         done
     done <<< "$data_dirs"
 
@@ -473,21 +473,26 @@ apache_data_dirs() {
     }
     info "www-data gid from ${DARKYELLOW}$TARGET_SERVICE_NAME${NORMAL} is '$www_data_gid'"
 
-    dirs=()
+    to_create=()
+    volumes=""
     for d in "${data[@]}"; do
-        dirs+=("$dst/$d")
+        fdir="$dst/$d"
+        volumes+="    - $HOST_DATASTORE${dst##$DATASTORE}/$d:$local_path/$d"$'\n'
+        if ! [ -d "$fdir" ]; then
+            to_create+=("$fdir")
+        fi
     done
 
-    mkdir -p "${dirs[@]}" || return 1
+    if [ "${#to_create[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
+        mkdir -p "${to_create[@]}" || return 1
+        chgrp -v "${www_data_gid}" "${to_create[@]}" || return 1
+        chmod g+rwx "${to_create[@]}" || return 1
+    fi
 
     init-config-add "
 $SERVICE_NAME:
   volumes:
-$(
-    for d in "${data[@]}"; do
-        echo "    - $HOST_DATASTORE${dst##$DATASTORE}/$d:$local_path/$d"
-    done
-)"
+$volumes"
 
 }