# Error on staging and production with uploads folder - local uploads directory is currently not writeable

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/error-on-staging-and-production-with-uploads-folder-local-uploads-directory-is-currently-not-writeable/7695
**Category:** trellis
**Created:** 2016-09-20T14:58:12Z
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## Post 2 by @cfx — 2016-09-21T14:35:00Z

I run into this randomly from time to time. This generally works for me: [Upload Directory Permissions on Digital Ocean deployment](https://discourse.roots.io/t/upload-directory-permissions-on-digital-ocean-deployment/6261/4?u=cfx)

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