diff --git a/roles/kolibri/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kolibri/tasks/main.yml
index 3ab377330..7c8b055d6 100644
--- a/roles/kolibri/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kolibri/tasks/main.yml
@@ -81,11 +81,15 @@
 - name: Run Kolibri migrations (WHY? WHAT DOES THIS DO?)
   shell: export KOLIBRI_HOME="{{ kolibri_home }}" && "{{ kolibri_exec_path }}" manage migrate
   ignore_errors: yes
+  become: yes
+  become_user: "{{ kolibri_user }}"
   when: kolibri_provision | bool
 
 - name: Set Kolibri default language
   shell: export KOLIBRI_HOME="{{ kolibri_home }}" && "{{ kolibri_exec_path }}" language setdefault "{{ kolibri_language }}"
   ignore_errors: yes
+  become: yes
+  become_user: "{{ kolibri_user }}"
   when: kolibri_provision | bool
 
 - name: Create Kolibri default facility name, admin account and language
@@ -95,6 +99,8 @@
     --superusername "{{ kolibri_admin_user }}" --superuserpassword "{{ kolibri_admin_password }}"
     --preset "{{ kolibri_preset }}" --language_id "{{ kolibri_language }}" --verbosity 0 --noinput
   ignore_errors: yes
+  become: yes
+  become_user: "{{ kolibri_user }}"
   when: kolibri_provision | bool
 
 - name: chown -R {{ kolibri_user }}:{{ apache_user }} {{ kolibri_home }}