diff --git a/init-rocky-system-config.yml b/init-rocky-system-config.yml
index 04767c1..e268b65 100644
--- a/init-rocky-system-config.yml
+++ b/init-rocky-system-config.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
     - name: Configure common scripts
       ansible.builtin.import_tasks: tasks/scripts.yml
 
+    - name: Configure common skel items
+      ansible.builtin.import_tasks: tasks/skel.yml
+
   post_tasks:
     - name: Touching run file that ansible has ran here
       ansible.builtin.file:
diff --git a/tasks/skel.yml b/tasks/skel.yml
index fb3129e..2a691d1 100644
--- a/tasks/skel.yml
+++ b/tasks/skel.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     dest: "/root/.tmux.conf"
     owner: root
     group: root
+    mode: '0644'
   with_items:
     - "{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-tmux.conf"
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
     dest: "/home/ansible/{{ item }}"
     owner: ansible
     group: ansible
+    mode: '0644'
   with_items:
     - ".inputrc"
 ...