diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
index ec77ff5a3f..25bb2b9ed3 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
 # install our cron script to handle hourly new pkl changes. 
 - name: install script to restart mirrorlist containers on pkl changes
-  copy: src=restart-mirrorlist-containers dest=/usr/local/bin/restart-mirrorlist-containers
+  copy: src=restart-mirrorlist-containers dest=/usr/local/bin/restart-mirrorlist-containers mode=0755
   tags:
   - mirrorlist_proxy