diff --git a/src/run-policy/run-mmpol.sh b/src/run-policy/run-mmpol.sh
index e9964f8ea8ff9f7984af88d0c2d18687c9427ced..f0acb90ceef2e069db8572013ff5e9573a999498 100755
--- a/src/run-policy/run-mmpol.sh
+++ b/src/run-policy/run-mmpol.sh
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ if [[ ! ${dry_run} ]]; then
     raw_log_file=$(find ${outdir} -maxdepth 1 -name "list-${SLURM_JOBID}*" -type f | head -1)
     if [[ "$raw_log_file" != "" ]]; then
         mv -n ${raw_log_file} ${log_dir}/${log_name}
-        chmod 550 ${log_dir}/${log_name}
+        chmod 440 ${log_dir}/${log_name}
         gzip ${log_dir}/${log_name}
     fi