diff --git a/src/ocrd_network/logging_utils.py b/src/ocrd_network/logging_utils.py
index c201366424..2b9bffa1d0 100644
--- a/src/ocrd_network/logging_utils.py
+++ b/src/ocrd_network/logging_utils.py
@@ -9,11 +9,22 @@ def configure_file_handler_with_formatter(logger: Logger, log_file: Path, mode:
     file_handler = FileHandler(filename=log_file, mode=mode)
     file_handler.setFormatter(Formatter(LOG_FORMAT))
     logger.addHandler(file_handler)
+    try:
+        log_file.chmod(0o666)
+    except PermissionError:
+        # if the file exists the permissions are supposed to already fit
+        pass
 
 
 def get_root_logging_dir(module_name: NetworkLoggingDirs) -> Path:
     module_log_dir = Path(config.OCRD_NETWORK_LOGS_ROOT_DIR, module_name.value)
-    module_log_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    try:
+        module_log_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        module_log_dir.chmod(0o777)
+    except PermissionError:
+        # if the folder exists the permissions are supposed to already fit
+        pass
+
     return module_log_dir
 
 
diff --git a/src/ocrd_utils/config.py b/src/ocrd_utils/config.py
index d2a373f187..144c96859f 100644
--- a/src/ocrd_utils/config.py
+++ b/src/ocrd_utils/config.py
@@ -162,13 +162,23 @@ def _ocrd_download_timeout_parser(val):
            description="The root directory where all mets server related socket files are created",
            parser=lambda val: Path(val),
            default=(True, Path(gettempdir(), "ocrd_network_sockets")))
-config.OCRD_NETWORK_SOCKETS_ROOT_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+config.OCRD_NETWORK_SOCKETS_ROOT_DIR.mkdir(mode=0o777, parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+try:
+    config.OCRD_NETWORK_SOCKETS_ROOT_DIR.chmod(0o777)
+except PermissionError:
+    # if the folder exists the permissions are supposed to already fit
+    pass
 
 config.add(name="OCRD_NETWORK_LOGS_ROOT_DIR",
            description="The root directory where all ocrd_network related file logs are stored",
            parser=lambda val: Path(val),
            default=(True, Path(gettempdir(), "ocrd_network_logs")))
-config.OCRD_NETWORK_LOGS_ROOT_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+config.OCRD_NETWORK_LOGS_ROOT_DIR.mkdir(mode=0o777, parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+try:
+    config.OCRD_NETWORK_LOGS_ROOT_DIR.chmod(0o777)
+except PermissionError:
+    # if the folder exists the permissions are supposed to already fit
+    pass
 
 config.add("HOME",
     description="Directory to look for `ocrd_logging.conf`, fallback for unset XDG variables.",
diff --git a/src/ocrd_utils/logging.py b/src/ocrd_utils/logging.py
index 6245f99b76..1f45ab72c5 100644
--- a/src/ocrd_utils/logging.py
+++ b/src/ocrd_utils/logging.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import logging.config
 from pathlib import Path
 import sys
+from os import chmod
 
 from .constants import LOG_FORMAT, LOG_TIMEFMT
 from .config import config
@@ -179,6 +180,15 @@ def initLogging(builtin_only=False, force_reinit=False, silent=not config.OCRD_L
         if not silent:
             print(f"[LOGGING] Picked up logging config at {config_file}", file=sys.stderr)
         logging.config.fileConfig(config_file)
+        # Set permission of processing-server logfile to 666 to prevent possible permission erros while logging
+        try:
+            network_logger = logging.getLogger("ocrd_network")
+            for handler in network_logger.handlers:
+                if isinstance(handler, logging.FileHandler):
+                    chmod(handler.baseFilename, 0o666)
+        except PermissionError:
+            # if the file exists the permissions are supposed to already fit
+            pass
     else:
         if not silent:
             print("[LOGGING] Initializing logging with built-in defaults", file=sys.stderr)