diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 21f1644..226d306 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ class puppet (
     alias   => "puppetd_run.sh",
     ensure  => $ensure;
     "/var/log/puppet":
-    mode => '0755',
+    mode => '0750',
+	owner => 'puppet',
+	group => 'puppet';
   }
 
   case $::kernel {