diff --git a/app/startup.sh b/app/startup.sh
index dd605aa..c869e32 100755
--- a/app/startup.sh
+++ b/app/startup.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ else
 	  	git pull origin master || echo error: failed to update plugin repository.
 fi
 
+cp ${SCRIPT_ROOT}/config.docker.php $DST_DIR/config.php
+chmod 644 $DST_DIR/config.php
+
 chown -R $OWNER_UID:$OWNER_GID $DST_DIR \
 	/var/log/php8
 
@@ -72,8 +75,6 @@ elif ! $PSQL -c 'select * from ttrss_version'; then
 	$PSQL < /var/www/html/tt-rss/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
 fi
 
-cp ${SCRIPT_ROOT}/config.docker.php $DST_DIR/config.php
-
 # this was previously generated
 rm -f $DST_DIR/config.php.bak