diff --git a/srcpkgs/arena/template b/srcpkgs/arena/template
index 0a82fcea57b..d53f5226579 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/arena/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/arena/template
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="custom:freeware"
 homepage="http://www.playwitharena.de"
 restricted=yes
+nocheckperms="database"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	armv7l)
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ nostrip=yes
 do_install() {
 	vmkdir opt/arena
 	vcopy ${wrksrc}/* opt/arena
-	chmod -R a+rw ${DESTDIR}/opt/arena
+	chmod -R a+rw ${DESTDIR}/opt/arena/Databases
 
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 		armv7l)