diff --git a/console.php b/console.php
index d30db9adb6ee5..68647a874c45e 100644
--- a/console.php
+++ b/console.php
@@ -57,23 +57,36 @@ function exceptionHandler($exception) {
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
+	$config = \OC::$server->getConfig();
 	set_exception_handler('exceptionHandler');
 
 	if (!function_exists('posix_getuid')) {
 		echo "The posix extensions are required - see https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.posix.php" . PHP_EOL;
 		exit(1);
 	}
-	$user = posix_getuid();
-	$configUser = fileowner(OC::$configDir . 'config.php');
-	if ($user !== $configUser) {
-		echo "Console has to be executed with the user that owns the file config/config.php" . PHP_EOL;
-		echo "Current user id: " . $user . PHP_EOL;
-		echo "Owner id of config.php: " . $configUser . PHP_EOL;
-		echo "Try adding 'sudo -u #" . $configUser . "' to the beginning of the command (without the single quotes)" . PHP_EOL;
-		echo "If running with 'docker exec' try adding the option '-u " . $configUser . "' to the docker command (without the single quotes)" . PHP_EOL;
+
+	// Check if the data directory is available and the server is installed
+	$dataDirectory = $config->getSystemValueString('datadirectory', \OC::$SERVERROOT . '/data');
+	if ($config->getSystemValueBool('installed', false) && !is_dir($dataDirectory)) {
+		echo "Data directory (" . $dataDirectory . ") not found" . PHP_EOL;
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
+	// Check if the user running the console is the same as the user that owns the data directory
+	// If the data directory does not exist, the server is not setup yet and we can skip.
+	if (is_dir($dataDirectory)) {
+		$user = posix_getuid();
+		$dataDirectoryUser = fileowner($dataDirectory);
+		if ($user !== $dataDirectoryUser) {
+			echo "Console has to be executed with the user that owns the data directory" . PHP_EOL;
+			echo "Current user id: " . $user . PHP_EOL;
+			echo "Owner id of the data directory: " . $dataDirectoryUser . PHP_EOL;
+			echo "Try adding 'sudo -u #" . $dataDirectoryUser . "' to the beginning of the command (without the single quotes)" . PHP_EOL;
+			echo "If running with 'docker exec' try adding the option '-u " . $dataDirectoryUser . "' to the docker command (without the single quotes)" . PHP_EOL;
+			exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+
 	$oldWorkingDir = getcwd();
 	if ($oldWorkingDir === false) {
 		echo "This script can be run from the Nextcloud root directory only." . PHP_EOL;
@@ -90,7 +103,7 @@ function exceptionHandler($exception) {
 	}
 
 	$application = new Application(
-		\OC::$server->getConfig(),
+		$config,
 		\OC::$server->get(\OCP\EventDispatcher\IEventDispatcher::class),
 		\OC::$server->getRequest(),
 		\OC::$server->get(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface::class),
diff --git a/cron.php b/cron.php
index 4e95481deb624..6f61bb0c2a21b 100644
--- a/cron.php
+++ b/cron.php
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@
 		}
 
 		$user = posix_getuid();
-		$configUser = fileowner(OC::$configDir . 'config.php');
-		if ($user !== $configUser) {
-			echo "Console has to be executed with the user that owns the file config/config.php" . PHP_EOL;
+		$dataDirectoryUser = fileowner($config->getSystemValueString('datadirectory', \OC::$SERVERROOT . '/data'));
+		if ($user !== $dataDirectoryUser) {
+			echo "Console has to be executed with the user that owns the data directory" . PHP_EOL;
 			echo "Current user id: " . $user . PHP_EOL;
-			echo "Owner id of config.php: " . $configUser . PHP_EOL;
+			echo "Owner id of the data directory: " . $dataDirectoryUser . PHP_EOL;
 			exit(1);
 		}