diff --git a/helpers/config b/helpers/config
index a4a2e6155efef54bf15e1377dc69bc11cdbb0a57..896de7e73ee7f679ef78b0241fdcc7747b9965dc 100755
--- a/helpers/config
+++ b/helpers/config
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ mkdir -p ${LOCAL_APT}/etc/
 mkdir -p ${LOCAL_APT}/var/lib/dpkg
 touch ${LOCAL_APT}/var/lib/dpkg/status
 touch ${LOCAL_APT}/etc/trusted.gpg
+chown _apt ${LOCAL_APT}  -R
 
 cat << EOF > ${LOCAL_APT}/etc/apt.conf
 Dir::State "${LOCAL_APT}/var/lib/apt";
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ pkgCacheGen::Essential "none";
 Dir::Etc::Trusted "${LOCAL_APT}/etc/trusted.gpg";
 EOF
 
+export TRUSTEDFILE=${LOCAL_APT}/etc/trusted.gpg
+
 if [ -f trusted.local.gpg ]
 then
 cp trusted.local.gpg "${LOCAL_APT}/etc/trusted.gpg"
@@ -112,6 +115,7 @@ EOF
 rm -rf PACKAGES/$PACKAGE
 mkdir PACKAGES/$PACKAGE
 cd PACKAGES/$PACKAGE
+chown _apt .
 
 #Get package and uncompress it
 apt-get update -c $LOCAL_APT/etc/apt.conf