diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index eed8fed..f512099 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -19,15 +19,24 @@ cat /etc/apt/mirror.list
 echo "-------------------------------------"
 
 rm -f /var/run/apache2/apache2.pid
+
+echo "hacking www-data to become PUID=$PUID PGID=$PGID"
+SEDEX="s/www-data:x:[0-9]+:[0-9]+:/www-data:x:${PUID}:${PGID}:/g"
+echo "sed /etc/passwd with [$SEDEX]"
+cat /etc/passwd | \
+sed -E $SEDEX > /tmp/passy
+cp /tmp/passy /etc/passwd
+rm /tmp/passy
+
 echo "starting apache server"
 service apache2 start
-
 echo "apache started..."
 
+echo "TIMEOUT is ${TIMEOUT}"
 while true; do
     echo "[$(date)] Starting apt-mirror"
     apt-mirror
     echo "[$(date)] Completed"
-    echo "[$(date)] Sleeping $RESYNC_PERIOD to execute apt-mirror again ======"
-    sleep "$RESYNC_PERIOD"
+    echo "[$(date)] Sleeping $TIMEOUT to execute apt-mirror again ======"
+    sleep "$TIMEOUT"
 done