diff --git a/templates/event-generator/prepare_date.sh b/templates/event-generator/prepare_date.sh
index 907c85166f9ba394d50749c2c03f599e5fa74a54..c1f76e211e89beef6d7e8ef328be9dd7ae85f005 100644
--- a/templates/event-generator/prepare_date.sh
+++ b/templates/event-generator/prepare_date.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if [ "${RUN_MACHINE_IS_LOCAL}" != "True" ]; then
   rsync -v ${FG_FILES} "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}":"${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/"
 
   # Change permissions to read only.
-  ssh "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}" chmod 440 "${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/*"
+#  ssh "${HPCUSER}@${HPCHOST}" chmod 440 "${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/*"
 else
   # Create member folder and go there
   mkdir -p ${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}
diff --git a/templates/event-generator/prepare_experiment.sh b/templates/event-generator/prepare_experiment.sh
index 22ddbb448b45a6a0bb17f89f834f7479216c2980..b2ca95e063abbc0506b003cc4fc56ba52fdc8869 100644
--- a/templates/event-generator/prepare_experiment.sh
+++ b/templates/event-generator/prepare_experiment.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ mkdir -p "${COMMON_INIDATA_FOLDER}"
 cd "${COMMON_INIDATA_FOLDER}" || exit
 
 # Change permissions
-if [ "$(ls -A .)" ]; then
-  chmod 660 ./*
-fi
+#if [ "$(ls -A .)" ]; then
+#  chmod 660 ./*
+#fi
 
 # Download or copy required input files
 function download_file() {
@@ -99,4 +99,4 @@ ln -sf "${ICON_BASE_PATH}/run/ana_varnames_map_file.txt" .
 cp "${SST_FORCING}" .
 
 # Change permissions to read only.
-chmod 440 ./*
\ No newline at end of file
+#chmod 440 ./*
\ No newline at end of file