diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml
index c63a1a1ca9..c8e25bc1b0 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
     dest: "/usr/bin/copr-ping-check.py"
     src: "copr-ping-check.py.j2"
     owner: "{{ ping_user }}"
-    group: "{{ ping_user }}"
-    mode: 0700
+    group: "nagios"
+    mode: 0750
   tags: copr_ping
 
 - name: rebuild the copr-ping package periodically