diff --git a/slashRoot/usr/local/lib/comanage_utils.sh b/slashRoot/usr/local/lib/comanage_utils.sh
index 9cc9757..47baa28 100644
--- a/slashRoot/usr/local/lib/comanage_utils.sh
+++ b/slashRoot/usr/local/lib/comanage_utils.sh
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ function comanage_utils::deploy_crontab() {
 
     chown root:root "${crontab}"
     chmod 0644 "${crontab}"
+    chmod 0644 /etc/crontab
 
     if [[ -n "${COMANAGE_REGISTRY_CRON_USER}" ]]; then
         cronuser="${COMANAGE_REGISTRY_CRON_USER}"