diff --git a/run_track.sh b/run_track.sh
index 82cf8a4..767fb80 100755
--- a/run_track.sh
+++ b/run_track.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ cp ${template} ${out_directory}/config_files
 cp ${script_directory}/conf/${profile}.config ${out_directory}/config_files
 
 nextflow -c ${template} run -resume ${script_directory}/${track_script} -profile ${profile} --out_dir=${out_directory}
-chmod -R 664 ${out_directory}
-chmod -R a+X ${out_directory}
 # spades sometimes gets weird permissions. Doing this to help removal
 chmod -R 755 work 2> /dev/null
 chmod -R -x+X work 2> /dev/null