diff --git a/src/scripts/common.sh b/src/scripts/common.sh
index 35d13e67..80e06741 100644
--- a/src/scripts/common.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/common.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ export jit_versions="8.[0-9]"
 export nightly_versions="8.[1-9]"
 export xdebug3_versions="7.[2-4]|8.[0-9]"
 export tool_path_dir="/usr/local/bin"
-export composer_bin="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"
-export composer_json="$HOME/.composer/composer.json"
-export composer_lock="$HOME/.composer/composer.lock"
+export composer_home="$HOME/.composer"
+export composer_bin="$composer_home/vendor/bin"
+export composer_json="$composer_home/composer.json"
+export composer_lock="$composer_home/composer.lock"
 export latest="releases/latest/download"
 export github="https://github.com/shivammathur"
 export jsdeliver="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/shivammathur"
@@ -232,10 +233,14 @@ configure_composer() {
     add_log "$cross" "composer" "Could not download composer"
     exit 1
   fi
+  if ! [ -d "$composer_home" ]; then
+    sudo -u "$(id -un)" -g "$(id -gn)" mkdir -p -m=00755 "$composer_home"
+  else
+    sudo chown -R "$(id -un)":"$(id -gn)" "$composer_home"
+  fi
   if ! [ -e "$composer_json" ]; then
-    sudo mkdir -p "$(dirname "$composer_json")"
     echo '{}' | tee "$composer_json" >/dev/null
-    sudo chmod 644 "$composer_json"
+    chmod 644 "$composer_json"
   fi
   composer -q config -g process-timeout 0
   echo "$composer_bin" >>"$GITHUB_PATH"