diff --git a/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
index cc91fadb6..14a0650f0 100755
--- a/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ map_folders() {
 	# Export these so they can be used in docker-prepare.sh
 	export DATA_DIR="${PAPERLESS_DATA_DIR:-/usr/src/paperless/data}"
 	export MEDIA_ROOT_DIR="${PAPERLESS_MEDIA_ROOT:-/usr/src/paperless/media}"
+	export CONSUME_DIR="${PAPERLESS_CONSUMPTION_DIR:-/usr/src/paperless/consume}"
 }
 
 initialize() {
@@ -77,7 +78,11 @@ initialize() {
 
 	local export_dir="/usr/src/paperless/export"
 
-	for dir in "${export_dir}" "${DATA_DIR}" "${DATA_DIR}/index" "${MEDIA_ROOT_DIR}" "${MEDIA_ROOT_DIR}/documents" "${MEDIA_ROOT_DIR}/documents/originals" "${MEDIA_ROOT_DIR}/documents/thumbnails"; do
+	for dir in \
+		"${export_dir}" \
+		"${DATA_DIR}" "${DATA_DIR}/index" \
+		"${MEDIA_ROOT_DIR}" "${MEDIA_ROOT_DIR}/documents" "${MEDIA_ROOT_DIR}/documents/originals" "${MEDIA_ROOT_DIR}/documents/thumbnails" \
+		"${CONSUME_DIR}"; do
 		if [[ ! -d "${dir}" ]]; then
 			echo "Creating directory ${dir}"
 			mkdir "${dir}"
@@ -91,7 +96,11 @@ initialize() {
 	set +e
 	echo "Adjusting permissions of paperless files. This may take a while."
 	chown -R paperless:paperless ${tmp_dir}
-	for dir in "${export_dir}" "${DATA_DIR}" "${MEDIA_ROOT_DIR}"; do
+	for dir in \
+		"${export_dir}" \
+		"${DATA_DIR}" \
+		"${MEDIA_ROOT_DIR}" \
+		"${CONSUME_DIR}"; do
 		find "${dir}" -not \( -user paperless -and -group paperless \) -exec chown paperless:paperless {} +
 	done
 	set -e
diff --git a/src/paperless/checks.py b/src/paperless/checks.py
index c9ac5cb6a..e592a5bf2 100644
--- a/src/paperless/checks.py
+++ b/src/paperless/checks.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import grp
 import os
+import pwd
 import shutil
 import stat
 
@@ -32,12 +34,15 @@ def path_check(var, directory):
                 with open(test_file, "w"):
                     pass
             except PermissionError:
+                dir_stat = os.stat(directory)
+                dir_mode = stat.filemode(dir_stat.st_mode)
+                dir_owner = pwd.getpwuid(dir_stat.st_uid).pw_name
+                dir_group = grp.getgrgid(dir_stat.st_gid).gr_name
                 messages.append(
                     Error(
                         writeable_message.format(var),
                         writeable_hint.format(
-                            f"\n{stat.filemode(os.stat(directory).st_mode)} "
-                            f"{directory}\n",
+                            f"\n{dir_mode} {dir_owner} {dir_group} " f"{directory}\n",
                         ),
                     ),
                 )