diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9b87c4dbc14d23fcbfacfdc235d10585d560d601..d2c8c2f8be9b1a8813610a32a4ef0ae677349d97 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ emulab-grub2-x86:
   - grub-mknetdir --net-directory=/tftpboot --subdir=grub2pxe-efi-sio2
   - for tdir in /tftpboot/grub2pxe-{bios,native}-* ; do cp -p $tdir/i386-pc/core.0 $tdir/grub2pxe ; rm -rf $tdir/{i386-pc,fonts,locale} ; cd $tdir && ln -s ../grub2.0/locale . && ln -s ../grub2.0/i386-pc . && ln -s ../grub2.0/fonts . ; done
   - for tdir in /tftpboot/grub2pxe-efi-* ; do cp -p $tdir/x86_64-efi/core.efi $tdir/grub2pxe ; rm -rf $tdir/{i386-pc,x86_64-efi,fonts,locale} ; cd $tdir && ln -s ../grub2.0/locale . && ln -s ../grub2.0/x86_64-efi . && ln -s ../grub2.0/fonts . ; done
-  - for tdir in /tftpboot/grub2pxe* ; do cp -p $CI_PROJECT_DIR/emulab/grub.cfg $tdir ; btype=`basename $tdir | cut -d- -f2` ; ctype=`basename $tdir | cut -d- -f3` ; ntype=pxe ; if [ $ctype = "efi" ]; then ntype=efi ; fi ; echo $btype $ctype $ntype ; sed -i -e  "s/^set console=.*$/set console=$ctype/" $tdir/grub.cfg ; sed -i -e  "s/^set diskdrivers=.*$/set diskdrivers=$btype/" $tdir/grub.cfg ; sed -i -e  "s/^set netdrivers=.*$/set netdrivers=$ntype/" $tdir/grub.cfg ; done
+  - for tdir in /tftpboot/grub2pxe* ; do cp -p $CI_PROJECT_DIR/emulab/grub.cfg $tdir ; chmod 664 $tdir/grub.cfg ; btype=`basename $tdir | cut -d- -f2` ; ctype=`basename $tdir | cut -d- -f3` ; ntype=pxe ; if [ $ctype = "efi" ]; then ntype=efi ; fi ; echo $btype $ctype $ntype ; sed -i -e  "s/^set console=.*$/set console=$ctype/" $tdir/grub.cfg ; sed -i -e  "s/^set diskdrivers=.*$/set diskdrivers=$btype/" $tdir/grub.cfg ; sed -i -e  "s/^set netdrivers=.*$/set netdrivers=$ntype/" $tdir/grub.cfg ; done
   - rsync -a /tftpboot/ $CI_PROJECT_DIR/$CI_JOB_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME/tftpboot/
   artifacts:
     paths: