diff --git a/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml b/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml
index a31f5ad72b0a21cc1ebb67d654eea977205b33b1..58a69bc7c82414e7e378ba523db8f7874d47c378 100644
--- a/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@
 
 - name: install slurmdb.conf
   copy: src=files/slurmdbd.conf dest={{ slurm_dir }}/etc/slurmdbd.conf
+  mode: u+rw,g-wx,o-rwx
   sudo: true
   when: slurm_dir is defined
 
 
 - name: install slurmdbd.conf
   copy: src=slurmdbd.conf dest=/etc/slurm/slurmdbd.conf
+  mode: u+rw,g-wx,o-rwx
   sudo: true
   when: slurm_dir is not defined