diff --git a/engine/templates/macos/create_pkg.sh b/engine/templates/macos/create_pkg.sh
index 74bcc1438..bf8cbcaf1 100644
--- a/engine/templates/macos/create_pkg.sh
+++ b/engine/templates/macos/create_pkg.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ cp $SOURCE_BINARY_PATH installer/$DESTINATION_BINARY_NAME
 export DESTINATION_BINARY_NAME
 cp postinstall Scripts/postinstall
 sed -i '' "3s/.*/DESTINATION_BINARY_NAME=$DESTINATION_BINARY_NAME/" Scripts/postinstall
+sed -i '' "4s/.*/DATA_FOLDER_NAME=$DATA_FOLDER_NAME/" Scripts/postinstall
+sed -i '' "5s/.*/CONFIGURATION_FILE_NAME=$CONFIGURATION_FILE_NAME/" Scripts/postinstall
 chmod +x Scripts/postinstall
 
 export DATA_FOLDER_NAME CONFIGURATION_FILE_NAME UNINSTALLER_FILE_NAME
diff --git a/engine/templates/macos/postinstall b/engine/templates/macos/postinstall
index 7382c2cd0..551f98dcf 100644
--- a/engine/templates/macos/postinstall
+++ b/engine/templates/macos/postinstall
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 set -e
 DESTINATION_BINARY_NAME=cortex
-USER_TO_RUN_AS=${SUDO_USER:-$(whoami)}
-echo "Download cortex.llamacpp engines by default"
+DATA_FOLDER_NAME=.cortex
+CONFIGURATION_FILE_NAME=.cortexrc
+
+USER_TO_RUN_AS=$(stat -f "%Su" /dev/console)
+
+echo "Download cortex.llamacpp engines by default for user $USER_TO_RUN_AS"
 sudo -u $USER_TO_RUN_AS /usr/local/bin/$DESTINATION_BINARY_NAME engines install cortex.llamacpp
 
+sudo chown -R $USER_TO_RUN_AS:staff "/Users/$USER_TO_RUN_AS/$DATA_FOLDER_NAME"
+sudo chown $USER_TO_RUN_AS:staff "/Users/$USER_TO_RUN_AS/$CONFIGURATION_FILE_NAME"
+
 exit 0
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