diff --git a/tasks/config.yml b/tasks/config.yml
index 0d35936..801199c 100644
--- a/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/tasks/config.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "{{ ntp_ntpstats_dir }}"
     state: directory
-    mode: 0755
+    recurse: true
+    mode: 'u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX'
     owner: "{{ ntp_user }}"
-  when: ntp_statistics | bool
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index fd644b4..0bbe9e9 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-playbook_version_number: 2061
+playbook_version_number: 2062
 ntp__playbook_version_path: 'role-ntp_chaos-bodensee_github.com.version'
 
 ntp__vars: