diff --git a/etc/debian/postinst b/etc/debian/postinst
index 1b5cb7c..6b5a421 100644
--- a/etc/debian/postinst
+++ b/etc/debian/postinst
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ case "$1" in
 	chown owntracks:owntracks /etc/default/ot-recorder
 	chown -R owntracks:owntracks /var/spool/owntracks/
         chown owntracks:owntracks /usr/bin/ocat /usr/sbin/ot-recorder
+
+	chmod a+rX -R /usr/share/owntracks/
+
         chmod 4111 /usr/bin/ocat /usr/sbin/ot-recorder
         /usr/sbin/ot-recorder --initialize