diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-linting.yaml b/.github/workflows/backend-linting.yaml
index 38901c22..f46741db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-linting.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-linting.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: self-hosted
     steps:
+      - name: Add permission to remove contents of previous action script
+        run: echo ${{ secrets.SUDO }} | sudo -S chown -R $USER:$USER /home/selab2/actions-runner/_work/UGent-7/
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python 3.11
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend-linting.yaml b/.github/workflows/frontend-linting.yaml
index d4bdc6d8..1683277c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/frontend-linting.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend-linting.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ jobs:
   linting-checks:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Add permission to remove contents of previous action script
+        run: echo ${{ secrets.SUDO }} | sudo -S chown -R $USER:$USER /home/selab2/actions-runner/_work/UGent-7/
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: cd frontend; npm install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 7bc52a4a..d787cc08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: self-hosted
     steps:
+      - name: Add permission to remove contents of previous action script
+        run: echo ${{ secrets.SUDO }} | sudo -S chown -R $USER:$USER /home/selab2/actions-runner/_work/UGent-7/
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Run tests
         run: echo ${{ secrets.SUDO }} | sudo -S ./test.sh -c