diff --git a/observer_agent/grpc_comm/server.cpp b/observer_agent/grpc_comm/server.cpp
index 69c8270afacb9d8d436a502ee7ade10863b5df18..cced5c71b864464e7f67e9c0338e5c625773f9df 100644
--- a/observer_agent/grpc_comm/server.cpp
+++ b/observer_agent/grpc_comm/server.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * Description: secDetector grpc server
  */
 #include <grpcpp/grpcpp.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include "comm_api.grpc.pb.h"
 
 using grpc::Server;
@@ -116,5 +117,6 @@ void RunServer() {
   builder.RegisterService(&service);
 
   std::unique_ptr<Server> server(builder.BuildAndStart());
+  chmod("/var/run/secDetector.sock", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
   server->Wait();
 }
diff --git a/observer_agent/grpc_comm/server_demo.cpp b/observer_agent/grpc_comm/server_demo.cpp
index 5358620ef806cb6e6fe4601d37ecbf8a61493718..c2b872f4d6d65dd62a85dfe683c43295ef137c24 100644
--- a/observer_agent/grpc_comm/server_demo.cpp
+++ b/observer_agent/grpc_comm/server_demo.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * Description: secDetector grpc server demo
  */
 #include <grpcpp/grpcpp.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include "comm_api.grpc.pb.h"
 
 using grpc::Server;
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ void RunServer() {
     builder.RegisterService(&service);
 
     std::unique_ptr<Server> server(builder.BuildAndStart());
+    chmod("/var/run/secDetector.sock", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
     server->Wait();
 }