diff --git a/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml
index 23d0c682bf984540346bad832f674745de6a61ad..ec5a51b89ef852f40465389bd47aa1e1178a35cb 100644
--- a/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   when: slurm_use_vpn==True
 
 - name: create data directory
-  file: path="{{ slurmdatadir }}" state=directory owner=slurm group=slurm mode=644 
+  file: path="{{ slurmdatadir }}" state=directory owner=slurm group=slurm mode=755 
   sudo: true
 
 - name: create log directory