diff --git a/backend/handler/socket_handler.py b/backend/handler/socket_handler.py
index 37b1b4059..f26236491 100644
--- a/backend/handler/socket_handler.py
+++ b/backend/handler/socket_handler.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ class SocketHandler:
             client_manager=socketio.AsyncRedisManager(redis_url),
         )
 
-        self.socket_app = socketio.ASGIApp(self.socket_server)
+        self.socket_app = socketio.ASGIApp(self.socket_server, socketio_path="/ws/socket.io")
diff --git a/docker/init_scripts/init b/docker/init_scripts/init
index 636f380af..105d78f5c 100755
--- a/docker/init_scripts/init
+++ b/docker/init_scripts/init
@@ -101,17 +101,18 @@ watchdog_process_pid () {
     fi
 }
 
-# Update the user and group IDs as per environment variables
+# Update the user/group IDs per environment variables
 if [ ! -z "$PUID" ] && [ "$PUID" != "$(id -u romm)" ]; then
     usermod -o -u "$PUID" romm
 fi
-
 if [ ! -z "$PGID" ] && [ "$PGID" != "$(id -g romm)" ]; then
     groupmod -o -g "$PGID" romm
 fi
-umask "$UMASK"
+if [ ! -z "$UMASK" ] && [ "$UMASK" != "$(umask)" ]; then
+    umask "$UMASK"
+fi
 
-echo "Setting permissions and ownership for necessary directories..."
+echo "Setting permissions and ownership for required directories..."
 chown -R romm:romm /romm /redis-data /backend
 chmod -R 755 /romm /redis-data /backend