diff --git a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
index 706cd05fe9ff084d62bf818aebf5e126c6e183dc..3bb051f2912a06eaddae332db052be2baa089272 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
+++ b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ install_protobuf_from_source(){
     #cd protobuf-2.6.1/
     rm -rf /tmp/protobuf-cpp-3.3.0.tar.gz* /tmp/protobuf-3.3.0
     wget https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v3.3.0/protobuf-cpp-3.3.0.tar.gz
-    tar -xzvf protobuf-cpp-3.3.0.tar.gz --owner $USER --group $USER --no-same-owner
+    tar -xzvf protobuf-cpp-3.3.0.tar.gz --owner $USER --group $(groups | cut -d" " -f1) --no-same-owner
     cd protobuf-3.3.0/
     ./configure
     echo "Compiling protobuf"