diff --git a/api/src/index.js b/api/src/index.js
index 79bca00..2870902 100644
--- a/api/src/index.js
+++ b/api/src/index.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ expressWs(app);
             }
         }
     });
+    fss.chmodSync(path.join(config.data_directory, globals.data_directories.jobs), 0o711)
 
     logger.info('Loading packages');
     const pkgdir = path.join(