diff --git a/roles/mgrote_docker_compose_inline/defaults/main.yml b/roles/mgrote_docker_compose_inline/defaults/main.yml
index d541a689..063cc566 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote_docker_compose_inline/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mgrote_docker_compose_inline/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 compose_owner: "docker-user"
 compose_group: "docker-user"
 # default permissions for all files and directories
-compose_file_permissions: "644"
+compose_file_permissions: "755"
 compose_dir_permissions: "755"
 # where to store the compose-files on the destination system
 compose_dest_basedir: "/docker" # without trailing "/"