diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index f824b5c..e781e77 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.7.14
+current_version = 0.7.15
 
 commit = True
 tag = True
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a63f8d..b19946e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ backups
 done.txt
 static/nginx_init.sh
 static/nginx.conf
+.idea/
diff --git a/src/_check.sh b/src/_check.sh
index b414c85..1f2ffa7 100644
--- a/src/_check.sh
+++ b/src/_check.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ function mod_check() {
     fi
     mod_etl_fix
     mod_uploads_vol_fix
+    mod_locales_vol_fix
     VALIDATION_ONLY=1 configure_couchbase_users
     postgres_metrics_validation
     check_for_maintenance_mode
@@ -80,6 +81,24 @@ function mod_uploads_vol_fix() {
   fi
 }
 
+function mod_locales_vol_fix() {
+    if [ "$CONTAINER_RUNTIME" == "podman" ]; then
+      error "localesOverride volume ownership checks are not supported with Podman. Skipping"
+      return
+    else
+      info "Checking localesOverride volume ownership"
+      local user=`compose_client exec plextracapi whoami`
+      local dotfile_exist=`compose_client exec plextracapi find localesOverride -type f -name .vol-chown-pt`
+      if [ "$user" != "root"  ] && [ "$dotfile_exist" = "" ]; then
+        # this uid:gid is hardcoded in the base image and expected by the backend, do NOT change this chown
+        info "Ensuring locales directory ownership is 1337:1337, this may take awhile..."
+        compose_client exec -u 0 plextracapi chown -R 1337:1337 localesOverride/
+        compose_client exec -u 0 plextracapi chmod 774 -R localesOverride/
+        compose_client exec plextracapi touch localesOverride/.vol-chown-pt
+      fi
+    fi
+}
+
 # Check for an existing installation
 function _check_no_existing_installation() {
   if [ ${IGNORE_EXISTING_INSTALLATION:-0} -eq 1 ]; then
diff --git a/src/plextrac b/src/plextrac
index 7431a29..e479b12 100755
--- a/src/plextrac
+++ b/src/plextrac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -Eeuo pipefail
 
-VERSION=0.7.14
+VERSION=0.7.15
 
 ## Podman Global Declaration Variable
 declare -A svcValues