diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2 b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
index 6dda96ee2f..937cffddb8 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ factory.addStep(FileUpload(slavesrc="/var/log/taskotron/taskotron.log",
                            masterdest=Interpolate('{{ public_artifacts_dir }}/%(prop:uuid)s/taskotron.log')))
 
 # change permissions for uuid dir on master to be accessible via http
-factory.addStep(MasterShellCommand(command=["chmod", '-R', '0755', Interpolate('{{ public_artifacts_dir }}/%(prop:uuid)s/')]))
+#factory.addStep(MasterShellCommand(command=["chmod", '-R', '0755', Interpolate('{{ public_artifacts_dir }}/%(prop:uuid)s/')]))
 
 {% else %}
 # capture the taskotron log
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildslave-configure/templates/buildbot.tac.j2 b/roles/taskotron/buildslave-configure/templates/buildbot.tac.j2
index 7901989ab0..430336976e 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildslave-configure/templates/buildbot.tac.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildslave-configure/templates/buildbot.tac.j2
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ passwd = '{{ qadevel_stg_buildslave_password }}'
 
 keepalive = 600
 usepty = 0
+{% if deployment_type == 'dev' %}
+umask = 022
+{% else %}
 umask = None
+{% endif %}
 maxdelay = 300
 
 s = BuildSlave(buildmaster_host, port, slavename, passwd, basedir,