diff --git a/roles/autocloud/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/autocloud/backend/tasks/main.yml
index cceb30cca3..0ec5d80ee4 100644
--- a/roles/autocloud/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/autocloud/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 - name: copy autocloud backend configuration
   template: >
     src={{ item }} dest=/etc/autocloud/{{ item }}
-    owner=root group=root mode=0600
+    owner=root group=fedmsg mode=0640
   with_items:
   - autocloud.cfg
   notify: