diff --git a/playbooks/device_roles_workstation.yml b/playbooks/device_roles_workstation.yml
index 740f458..a5d1514 100755
--- a/playbooks/device_roles_workstation.yml
+++ b/playbooks/device_roles_workstation.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 - hosts: device_roles_workstation
   tasks:
     - name: assure vm-fs-1 nfs mountpoint
-      file: path=/nfs/vm-fs-1.home.mgmt.desu.ltd state=directory
+      file: path=/nfs/vm-fs-1.home.mgmt.desu.ltd state=directory owner=root group=root mode=0755
       tags: [ desktop, nfs ]
     - name: assure vm-fs-1 nfs mount
       mount: path=/nfs/vm-fs-1.home.mgmt.desu.ltd src=vm-fs-1.home.mgmt.desu.ltd:/nfs fstype=nfs4 opts="rsize=10248576,wsize=1048576,soft,timeo=600,retrans=2,_netdev" state=mounted