diff --git a/roles/batcave/tasks/main.yml b/roles/batcave/tasks/main.yml
index 12f42b91ce..ba6bbfa03d 100644
--- a/roles/batcave/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/batcave/tasks/main.yml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
   when: inventory_hostname.startswith('batcave01')
 
 - name: setup cron for removing old pdr requests
-  copy: src=pdr.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/pdr.cron mode=0755
+  copy: src=pdr.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/pdr.cron mode=0644
   tags:
   - batcave
   - config