diff --git a/inventories/group_vars/all.yml b/inventories/group_vars/all.yml
index 61795700..c68a684b 100644
--- a/inventories/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/inventories/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   tmux_standardsession_name: "default"
   ### mgrote.dotfiles
   dotfiles_local_repo_directory: "/home/mg/dotfiles-repo"
-  dotfiles_user: "mg"
+  dotfiles_user: mg
   dotfiles_link_target: "/home/mg"
   dotfiles_remote_repo: "https://github.com/quotengrote/dotfiles"
   dotfiles_files_to_copy:
diff --git a/roles/mgrote.dotfiles/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mgrote.dotfiles/tasks/main.yml
index 7d29ea97..32bd16ef 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote.dotfiles/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mgrote.dotfiles/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
   file:
     path: "{{ dotfiles_local_repo_directory }}"
     state: directory
+    owner: "{{ dotfiles_user }}"
+    group: "{{ dotfiles_user }}"
+    recurse: yes
+    mode: 0644
+
 # noqa [401]
 - name: clone repository
   become: true
@@ -22,6 +27,8 @@
     src: "{{ dotfiles_local_repo_directory }}/{{ item }}"
     dest: "{{ dotfiles_link_target }}/{{ item }}"
     owner: "{{ dotfiles_user }}"
+    group: "{{ dotfiles_user }}"
+    mode: 0644
     state: link
     force: yes
   with_items: "{{ dotfiles_files_to_copy }}"