diff --git a/Tomcat-installation/install-tomcat.sh b/Tomcat-installation/install-tomcat.sh
index 732ef989..7b6ababf 100644
--- a/Tomcat-installation/install-tomcat.sh
+++ b/Tomcat-installation/install-tomcat.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ sudo rm -rf apache-tomcat-9.0.80.tar.gz
 ### rename tomcat for good naming convention
 sudo mv apache-tomcat-9.0.80 tomcat9
 ### assign executable permissions to the tomcat home directory
-sudo chmod 777 -R /opt/tomcat9
+sudo chmod 775 -R /opt/tomcat9
 sudo chown ec2-user -R /opt/tomcat9
 ### start tomcat
 sh /opt/tomcat9/bin/startup.sh