diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index 176f3b76..b1bd773e 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -1400,6 +1400,9 @@ installConfigs() {
 
     # If the user chose to install the dashboard,
     if [[ "${INSTALL_WEB_SERVER}" == true ]]; then
+        # set permissions on /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf so pihole user (other) can read the file
+        chmod o+x /etc/lighttpd
+        chmod o+r "${lighttpdConfig}"
         if grep -q -F "FILE AUTOMATICALLY OVERWRITTEN BY PI-HOLE" "${lighttpdConfig}"; then
             # Attempt to preserve backwards compatibility with older versions
             install -D -m 644 -T ${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}/advanced/${LIGHTTPD_CFG} "${lighttpdConfig}"