diff --git a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml
index 8ce0f7c..2d7d558 100644
--- a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 server:
   extraContainers:
+    - name: init-log-permissions
+      image: busybox
+      command: ["sh", "-c", "chown -R 1000:1000 /var/log && chmod -R 775 /var/log"]
+      securityContext:
+        runAsUser: 0
+      volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /var/log
+          name: log-storage
     - name: log-sidecar
       image: alpine:latest
       command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "