diff --git a/files/artboard/artboard-backup b/files/artboard/artboard-backup
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/artboard.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/artboard.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
index c83e496f6d..7e649c0d12 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/artboard.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/artboard.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     - cronie-anacron
 
   - name: artboard backup thing
-    action: copy src=$files/artboard/artboard-backup dest=/etc/cron.daily/artboard-backup
+    action: copy src=$files/artboard/artboard-backup dest=/etc/cron.daily/artboard-backup mode=0755
 
   - name: link artboard into /var/www/html
     action: file state=link src=/srv/persist/artboard path=/var/www/html/artboard