diff --git a/services/clsi/bin/install_texlive_gce.sh b/services/clsi/bin/install_texlive_gce.sh
index 20d2ca07f7..2ea5f99b3a 100755
--- a/services/clsi/bin/install_texlive_gce.sh
+++ b/services/clsi/bin/install_texlive_gce.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ if [ -z "$ACCESS_TOKEN" ]; then
 fi
 docker login -u '_token' -p $ACCESS_TOKEN https://gcr.io
 docker pull --all-tags gcr.io/henry-terraform-admin/texlive-full #TODO NEED TO MAKE THIS AN ENV VAR
+cp /app/bin/synctex /app/bin/synctex-mount/synctex
 echo "Finished downloading texlive-full images"
 
 
diff --git a/services/clsi/install_deps.sh b/services/clsi/install_deps.sh
index 76aaf090be..e1f3ce4671 100755
--- a/services/clsi/install_deps.sh
+++ b/services/clsi/install_deps.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ apt-get install poppler-utils vim ghostscript --yes
 npm rebuild
 usermod -aG docker app
 
-mkdir /app/bin/synctex-mount
-cp /app/bin/synctex /app/bin/synctex-mount/synctex
+mkdir -p /app/cache
+chown -R app:app /app/cache
 
+mkdir -p /app/compiles
+chown -R app:app /app/compiles
+
+chown -R app:app /app/bin/synctex