diff --git a/hosts/by-name/servo/services/transmission/torrent-done b/hosts/by-name/servo/services/transmission/torrent-done
index a74dea700..2cccf0303 100755
--- a/hosts/by-name/servo/services/transmission/torrent-done
+++ b/hosts/by-name/servo/services/transmission/torrent-done
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ destructive rsync -rlv "$TR_TORRENT_DIR/" "$MEDIA_DIR/"
 # make the media rwx by anyone in the group
 destructive find "$MEDIA_DIR" -type d -exec setfacl --recursive --modify d:g::rwx,o::rx {} \;
 destructive find "$MEDIA_DIR" -type d -exec chmod g+rw,a+rx {} \;
+destructive find "$MEDIA_DIR" -type f -exec chmod g+rw,a+r {} \;
 
 # if there's a single directory inside the media dir, then inline that
 subdirs=("$MEDIA_DIR"/*)