diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/init.pp b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/init.pp
index 7f41904..6273f3e 100644
--- a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/init.pp
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ schedule { 'repo':
   file { '/home/rhizomatica/bin':
       ensure  => directory,
       source  => 'puppet:///modules/rhizo_base/bin',
-      source_permissions => use,
+      owner   => 'root',
       recurse => remote,
       purge   => false,
     }
diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/runit.pp b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/runit.pp
index d3ecb6c..291a220 100644
--- a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/runit.pp
+++ b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/runit.pp
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ class rhizo_base::runit {
   file { '/etc/sv':
       ensure             => directory,
       source             => 'puppet:///modules/rhizo_base/etc/sv',
-      source_permissions => use,
+      owner              => 'root',
+      mode               => '0755',
       recurse            => remote,
       require => Class['rhizo_base::packages'],
     }