diff --git a/evolinux-base/tasks/etc-evolinux.yml b/evolinux-base/tasks/etc-evolinux.yml
index 9496a0a9..2aee963f 100644
--- a/evolinux-base/tasks/etc-evolinux.yml
+++ b/evolinux-base/tasks/etc-evolinux.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
     dest: /etc/evolinux
     owner: root
     group: root
-    mode: "0711"
+    mode: "0700"
     state: directory