diff --git a/src/disk.sh b/src/disk.sh
index f699f81..4021cd0 100644
--- a/src/disk.sh
+++ b/src/disk.sh
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ convertDisk() {
 
 checkFS () {
   local DISK_FILE=$1
-  local DIR FS FA
+  local DIR FS
 
   DIR=$(dirname "$DISK_FILE")
   [ ! -d "$DIR" ] && return 0
@@ -282,11 +282,15 @@ checkFS () {
       fi
     fi
 
-    if [ -f "$DISK_FILE" ] ; then
-      FA=$(lsattr "$DISK_FILE")
-      [[ "$FA" == *"C"* ]] && FA=$(lsattr -d "$DIR")
-    else
+    local FA=""
+    [ -f "$DISK_FILE" ] && FA=$(lsattr "$DISK_FILE")
+
+    if [[ "$FA" == "" || "$FA" == *"C"* ]]; then
       FA=$(lsattr -d "$DIR")
+      if [[ "$FA" != *"C"* ]]; then
+        { chattr -R +C "$DIR"; } || :
+        FA=$(lsattr -d "$DIR")
+      fi      
     fi
 
     if [[ "$FA" != *"C"* ]]; then
diff --git a/src/install.sh b/src/install.sh
index 3dae06d..cdf90e1 100644
--- a/src/install.sh
+++ b/src/install.sh
@@ -54,9 +54,14 @@ FS=$(stat -f -c %T "$STORAGE")
 if [[ "$FS" == "overlay"* ]]; then
   info "Warning: the filesystem of $STORAGE is OverlayFS, this usually means it was binded to an invalid path!"
 fi
+
 if [[ "$FS" == "xfs" || "$FS" == "zfs" || "$FS" == "btrfs" || "$FS" == "bcachefs" ]]; then
   FA=$(lsattr -d "$STORAGE")
   if [[ "$FA" != *"C"* ]]; then
+    { chattr -R +C "$STORAGE"; } || :
+    FA=$(lsattr -d "$STORAGE")
+  fi
+  if [[ "$FA" != *"C"* ]]; then  
     info "Warning: the filesystem of $STORAGE is ${FS^^}, and COW (copy on write) is not disabled for that folder!"
     info "This will negatively affect performance, please empty the folder and disable COW (chattr +C <path>)."
   fi