diff --git a/bin/flush-history-queues b/bin/flush-history-queues
index b54bc5558c6e..6c0cd896416e 100755
--- a/bin/flush-history-queues
+++ b/bin/flush-history-queues
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 source /etc/container_environment.sh
 source /etc/overleaf/env.sh
 cd /overleaf/services/project-history
-node scripts/flush_all.js 100000
+exec /sbin/setuser www-data node scripts/flush_all.js 100000
diff --git a/bin/force-history-resyncs b/bin/force-history-resyncs
index 389c98a4ad69..4f48890855b7 100755
--- a/bin/force-history-resyncs
+++ b/bin/force-history-resyncs
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 source /etc/container_environment.sh
 source /etc/overleaf/env.sh
 cd /overleaf/services/project-history
-node scripts/force_resync.js 1000 force
+exec /sbin/setuser www-data node scripts/force_resync.js 1000 force
diff --git a/cron/project-history-flush-all.sh b/cron/project-history-flush-all.sh
index 8fe9eea5fc55..689561737914 100755
--- a/cron/project-history-flush-all.sh
+++ b/cron/project-history-flush-all.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ date

 source /etc/container_environment.sh
 source /etc/overleaf/env.sh
-cd /overleaf/services/project-history && node scripts/flush_all.js
+cd /overleaf/services/project-history && /sbin/setuser www-data node scripts/flush_all.js

 echo "Done flushing all project-history changes"