diff --git a/fail2ban/entrypoint.sh b/fail2ban/entrypoint.sh
index 10ce10f..ae6dda7 100644
--- a/fail2ban/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/fail2ban/entrypoint.sh
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ ignoreip = $DOMAIN
 action = hostsdeny
          sendmail-abuse[name=%(__name__)s, dest=\"%(destemail)s\", logpath=%(logpath)s]" > jail.d/sshd.conf
 
+chmod +x fail2ban_abuse_mail.sh
 /etc/init.d/rsyslog start
 /etc/init.d/ssh start
 mkdir -p /var/run/fail2ban