diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 351a235..d22e0b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Installation works but not tested frequently:
 - Debian 8
 - Debian 9
 - Ubuntu 16.04
+- Ubuntu 20.04
 
 In order to use file level restore from delta backups, the service needs to be ran as root.
 CentOS installation is currently not able to do file level restore if the backed up disk contains LVM or only sees some of the partitions.
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ Debian/Ubuntu:
 - libpng-dev
 - git
 - python-minimal
+- python2-minimal (Ubuntu 20 only, replaces python-minimal)
 - libvhdi-utils
 - lvm2
 - nfs-common
diff --git a/xo-install.sh b/xo-install.sh
index f550db2..a13fca6 100755
--- a/xo-install.sh
+++ b/xo-install.sh
@@ -156,22 +156,6 @@ function InstallDependenciesDebian {
 		echo
 	fi
 
-	if [[ $OSVERSION =~ (16|18) ]]; then
-                echo -ne "${PROGRESS} Installing Python for Ubuntu 16 and 18"
-                apt-get install -y  python-minimal >/dev/null
-		echo -e "\r${OK} Python installed"
-                echo
-        fi
-
-	if [[ $OSVERSION =~ (20) ]]; then
-                echo -ne "${PROGRESS} Installing Python for Ubuntu 20"
-                apt-get install -y  python2-minimal >/dev/null
-                echo -e "\r${OK} Python installed"
-                echo
-        fi
-
-
-
 	echo
 	echo -ne "${PROGRESS} Running apt-get update"
 	apt-get update >/dev/null
@@ -238,11 +222,18 @@ function InstallDependenciesDebian {
 			echo -e "\r${OK} Installing node.js"
 		fi
 	fi
+	
+	#determine which python package is needed. Ubuntu 20 requires python2-minimal, 16 and 18 are python-minimal
+	if [[ $OSVERSION == "20" ]]; then
+				PYTHON="python2-minimal"
+		else
+				PYTHON="python-minimal"
+	fi
 
 	# install packages
 	echo
-	echo -ne "${PROGRESS} Installing build dependencies, redis server, git, libvhdi-utils, lvm2, nfs-common, cifs-utils"
-	apt-get install -y build-essential redis-server libpng-dev git libvhdi-utils lvm2 nfs-common cifs-utils >/dev/null
+	echo -ne "${PROGRESS} Installing build dependencies, redis server, git, libvhdi-utils, python-minimal, lvm2, nfs-common, cifs-utils"
+	apt-get install -y build-essential redis-server libpng-dev git libvhdi-utils $PYTHON lvm2 nfs-common cifs-utils >/dev/null
 	echo -e "\r${OK} Installing build dependencies, redis server, python, git, libvhdi-utils, lvm2, nfs-common, cifs-utils"
 
 	echo
@@ -488,8 +479,7 @@ function InstallXO {
                 echo -e "${INFO} Activating modified configuration file"
 		mkdir -p $CONFIGPATH/.config/xo-server
                 mv -f $INSTALLDIR/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-$TIME/packages/xo-server/sample.config.toml $CONFIGPATH/.config/xo-server/config.toml
-		#fix permissions if service is not running as root
-		chown -R $XOUSER:$XOUSER $CONFIGPATH
+		
 
         fi
 
@@ -508,6 +498,8 @@ function InstallXO {
 		fi
 
 		chown -R $XOUSER:$XOUSER /var/lib/xo-server
+		
+		chown -R $XOUSER:$XOUSER $CONFIGPATH/.config/xo-server
 	fi
 
 	# fix to prevent older installations to not update because systemd service is not symlinked anymore