diff --git a/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 48b8533fb5..180303ceb0 100644
--- a/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
   tags: pdc
 
 - name: Copy over settings_local.py
-  template: src=settings_local.py dest=/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pdc/settings_local.py
+  template: src=settings_local.py
+            dest=/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pdc/settings_local.py
+            mode=0600 owner=apache group=apache
   notify: reload httpd
   tags: pdc