diff --git a/runit_scripts/postgresql/run b/runit_scripts/postgresql/run
index b9809968..ca1d5273 100755
--- a/runit_scripts/postgresql/run
+++ b/runit_scripts/postgresql/run
@@ -8,13 +8,19 @@ if [ "$PGROOT" != "/var/lib/postgres" ]; then
 	ln -sf "$PGROOT" /var/lib/postgres
 fi
 
+if [ ! -d "/var/run/postgresql" ]; then
+	echo "creating directory /var/run/postgresql"
+
+	mkdir -p "/var/run/postgresql"
+	chown -R postgres:postgres "/var/run/postgresql"
+fi
 
 if [ ! -d "$PGDATA" ]; then
 	echo "Initializing database in $PGDATA"
 
-	mkdir -p "$PGDATA" 
+	mkdir -p "$PGDATA"
 	chown -R postgres:postgres "$PGDATA"
-	chmod 777 "$PGDATA"
+	chmod 0700 "$PGDATA"
 	su - postgres -m -c "/usr/bin/initdb $INITOPTS -D '$PGDATA'" >/dev/null
 
 	if [ -f /etc/postgresql/postgresql.conf ]; then