diff --git a/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml
index 7b8e631c9e..f9ff585e29 100644
--- a/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 - name: copy over all our badge definitions
   copy: >
     src=$item
-    dest=/usr/share/badges/rules/$item
+    dest=/usr/share/badges/rules/
+    owner=fedmsg group=fedmsg mode=0644
   with_fileglob:
   - badges/*.yml
   tags: