diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildslave-configure/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/buildslave-configure/tasks/main.yml
index 3c23f189ab..7d69398311 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildslave-configure/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildslave-configure/tasks/main.yml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
   when: buildslave_public_sshkey_file is defined and deployment_type in ['dev', 'stg', 'prod']
 
 - name: generate buildslave service file
-  template: src=buildslave@.service.j2 dest=/lib/systemd/system/buildslave@.service owner=root group=root mode=0744
+  template: src=buildslave@.service.j2 dest=/lib/systemd/system/buildslave@.service owner=root group=root mode=0644
   when: deployment_type in ['dev', 'stg', 'prod']
 
 - name: start and enable buildslave services