diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index 11ffbec2..715d6e95 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -1175,8 +1175,8 @@ FTLinstall() {
     if sha1sum --status --quiet -c "${binary}".sha1; then
       echo -n "transferred... "
       install -T -m 0755 /tmp/${binary} /usr/bin/pihole-FTL
-      touch /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /var/run/pihole-FTL.pid /var/run/pihole-FTL.port
-      chmod 0666 /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /var/run/pihole-FTL.pid /var/run/pihole-FTL.port
+      touch /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port
+      chmod 0644 /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port
       cd "${orig_dir}"
       echo "done."
       return 0
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ FTLdetect() {
     binary="pihole-FTL-linux-x86_32"
   fi
 
-  FTLdownload "${binary}" || return 1
+  FTLinstall "${binary}" || return 1
 
 }
 
diff --git a/test/test_automated_install.py b/test/test_automated_install.py
index 250accf7..1fb1a20a 100644
--- a/test/test_automated_install.py
+++ b/test/test_automated_install.py
@@ -388,6 +388,20 @@ def test_FTL_binary_installed_and_responsive_no_errors(Pihole):
     expected_stdout = 'v'
     assert expected_stdout in installed_binary.stdout
 
+def test_FTL_support_files_installed(Pihole):
+    ''' confirms FTL support files are installed '''
+    support_files = Pihole.run('''
+    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
+    FTLdetect
+    stat -c '%a %n' /var/log/pihole-FTL.log
+    stat -c '%a %n' /run/pihole-FTL.port
+    stat -c '%a %n' /run/pihole-FTL.pid
+    ls -lac /run
+    ''')
+    assert '644 pihole-FTL.port' in support_files.stdout
+    assert '644 pihole-FTL.pid' in support_files.stdout
+    assert '644 pihole-FTL.log' in support_files.stdout
+
 # Helper functions
 def mock_command(script, args, container):
     ''' Allows for setup of commands we don't really want to have to run for real in unit tests '''