diff --git a/homedirs.sh b/homedirs.sh
index d975b53961c2639476e470ce6e67cbbcd0d00d9a..e80216a15c4e326faa318c3f7ef0d5c3d7c0ac1c 100755
--- a/homedirs.sh
+++ b/homedirs.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set -e
 # trap read debug
 
 rgroup="g_r_users"
+localrgroup="local_r_users"
 home="/homes/"
 work="/work/"
 rstudiodir=".rstudio"
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ fi
 # make sure that fresh credentials are pulled
 sss_cache -E
 
+unset rusers
 rusers="$(getent group $rgroup | awk -F '[/:]' '{print $4}')"
+rusers="$rusers,$(getent group $localrgroup | awk -F '[/:]' '{print $4}')"
 IFS=$',' read -a ruserar <<< "$rusers"
 for ruser in "${ruserar[@]}"
   do
@@ -29,17 +32,17 @@ for ruser in "${ruserar[@]}"
     if [ ! -d $home$ruser ]
       then
         mkhomedir_helper $ruser $umask $skel
-	setfacl  -m u:$monitoringuser:rx $home$ruser
+        setfacl  -m u:$monitoringuser:rx $home$ruser
     fi
     # symlink .rstudio directory to work storage
-    if [ ! -d $work$ruser$rstudiodir ]
+    if [ ! -d $work$ruser/$rstudiodir ]
       then
         mkdir -p $work$ruser/$rstudiodir
         mkdir -p $home$ruser/$rstudiodir
-	setfacl  -m u:$monitoringuser:rx $work$ruser
-	setfacl  -m u:$monitoringuser:rx $work$ruser/$rstudiodir
-	setfacl  -m u:$ruser:rwx $work$ruser
-	setfacl  -m u:$ruser:rwx $work$ruser/$rstudiodir
+        setfacl  -m u:$monitoringuser:rx $work$ruser
+        setfacl  -m u:$monitoringuser:rx $work$ruser/$rstudiodir
+        setfacl  -m u:$ruser:rwx $work$ruser
+        setfacl  -m u:$ruser:rwx $work$ruser/$rstudiodir
         mount --bind $work$ruser/$rstudiodir $home$ruser/$rstudiodir
         #ln -s $work$ruser/$rstudiodir $home$ruser/$rstudiodir
         #chattr +i $home$ruser/$rstudiodir