diff --git a/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml b/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml
index a8321cf7..70c17221 100644
--- a/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml
+++ b/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 - name: Install the smartgears logback configuration
   become: True
   become_user: '{{ smartgears_user }}'
-  template: src=logback.xml.j2 dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/lib/logback.xml
+  template: src=logback.xml.j2 dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/lib/logback.xml mode=0644
   when: smartgears_logback_template
   tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_distribution', 'smartgears_conf', 'tomcat', 'logback_conf' ]