diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6075608..18a6f06 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 install:
 	cp  gronk_add_uuid.py /usr/local/bin
 	sed "s/GRONK_COMMIT = \"dev\"/GRONK_COMMIT = \"$$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)\"/" gronk.py > /usr/local/bin/gronk.py
+	chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gronk.py
+	chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gronk_add_uuid.py
 	mkdir -p /opt/gronk
 	cp -r templates js css /opt/gronk
 	pip3 install -r requirements.txt