diff --git a/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml
index 87653928efa952b4cc8ea45a1f00e2c685188de0..a15a0084cd0e07fc01012fd25fe64dd4c241b0f0 100644
--- a/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
   sudo: true
 
 - name: create log directory
-  shell: mkdir -p {{ slurmddebug.log | dirname }} 
+  shell: mkdir -p {{ slurmddebug.log | dirname }}; chown slurm:slurm {{ slurmddebug.log | dirname }} 
   args:
     creates: "{{ slurmddebug.log | dirname }}"
   sudo: true