diff --git a/bin/fix_perms.sh b/bin/fix_perms.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e669b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/fix_perms.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+wwwroot=/usr/local/www/owl/dms
+
+chown -R www:wheel $wwwroot
+touch $wwwroot/log.txt
+#chown -R www:www $wwwroot/log.txt $wwwroot/Documents
+chmod -R 750 $wwwroot/Documents/*
diff --git a/bin/remote_update.sh b/bin/remote_update.sh
index eafd045..d5ad73e 100755
--- a/bin/remote_update.sh
+++ b/bin/remote_update.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ cvs -d $cvsroot co owl
 cd owl/Documents
 cvs update -d
 
+# remove CVS directories
+find $tmp -name CVS -exec rm -rf {} \; 2> /dev/null
+
 # tar it up
 tar -czvf /tmp/owl.tgz $tmp