diff --git a/app/scripts/ansible/roles/nginx.yml b/app/scripts/ansible/roles/nginx.yml
index 48d57232..71063410 100644
--- a/app/scripts/ansible/roles/nginx.yml
+++ b/app/scripts/ansible/roles/nginx.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
         owner: "{{ ansible_user }}"
         group: "{{ ansible_user }}"
         state: directory
-        recurse: yes
         mode: 0771
   tags:
     - system
diff --git a/app/scripts/ansible/roles/service_common/tasks/main.yml b/app/scripts/ansible/roles/service_common/tasks/main.yml
index b685db3b..99df52eb 100644
--- a/app/scripts/ansible/roles/service_common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/app/scripts/ansible/roles/service_common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@
     name: "{{STATS_USER}}"
     password: "{{STATS_PASS}}"
 
+- name: set correct permissions to passwd file
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ service_dir }}/status_page_passwdfile"
+    mode: 0664
 
 - name: test to see if selinux is running
   command: getenforce