diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index cd1d2e94..8b22a322 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.0.1
+8.0.2
diff --git a/scodoc.py b/scodoc.py
index cbe5f715..2ef00eff 100755
--- a/scodoc.py
+++ b/scodoc.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def sco_delete_dept(dept):
     if os.getuid() != 0:
         sys.stderr.write("sco_delete_dept: must be run by root\n")
         return 1
-    if os.system('cd config; ./delete_dept.sh -n "{}"'.format(dept)):
+    if os.system('cd tools && ./delete_dept.sh -n "{}"'.format(dept)):
         sys.stderr.write("error deleting dept " + dept)
         return 1
     return 0
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def sco_create_dept(dept):
     if os.getuid() != 0:
         sys.stderr.write("sco_create_dept: must be run by root\n")
         return 1
-    if os.system('cd config; ./create_dept.sh -n "{}"'.format(dept)):
+    if os.system('cd tools && ./create_dept.sh -n "{}"'.format(dept)):
         sys.stderr.write("error deleting dept " + dept)
         return 1
     return 0
diff --git a/tools/create_database.sh b/tools/create_database.sh
index 9637ac11..164a4b9f 100755
--- a/tools/create_database.sh
+++ b/tools/create_database.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Create database for a ScoDoc instance
-# This script must be executed as postgres user
+# This script must be executed as root
 #
 # $db_name is passed as an environment variable
 
 source config.sh
 source utils.sh
 
-if [ $(id -n -u) != "$POSTGRES_SUPERUSER" ]
-then
-    die "$0 must be run as user $POSTGRES_SUPERUSER"
-fi
+check_uid_root "$0"
 
 # 1--- CREATION UTILISATEUR POSTGRESQL
 init_postgres_user
 
 # 2--- CREATION BASE UTILISATEURS
 echo 'Creating postgresql database for users:' "$SCODOC_USER_DB"
-createdb -E UTF-8  -p "$POSTGRES_PORT" -O "$POSTGRES_USER" "$SCODOC_USER_DB"
+su -c "createdb -E UTF-8  -p $POSTGRES_PORT -O $POSTGRES_USER $SCODOC_USER_DB" $POSTGRES_SUPERUSER
+
 
diff --git a/tools/utils.sh b/tools/utils.sh
index 4cff511a..53965b49 100644
--- a/tools/utils.sh
+++ b/tools/utils.sh
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ change_scodoc_file_ownership() {
 # Création du répertoire local (scodoc-data) et vérification du propriétaire
 set_scodoc_var_dir() {
   echo "Checking $SCODOC_VAR_DIR..."
+  [ -d "$SCODOC_VAR_DIR" ] || mkdir "$SCODOC_VAR_DIR" || die "can't create $SCODOC_VAR_DIR directory"
   for d in archives photos tmp log config config/version config/depts config/logos
   do
     [ -d "$SCODOC_VAR_DIR/$d" ] || mkdir "$SCODOC_VAR_DIR/$d" || die "can't create $SCODOC_VAR_DIR/$d subdirectory"