diff --git a/.github/workflows/runonce.yml b/.github/workflows/runonce.yml
index ffa6c19..8e44418 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/runonce.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/runonce.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build MetricCollector
       run: make
 
+    - name: Set config file permissions
+      run: |
+        chown $USER .github/ci*.json
+        chmod 0600 .github/ci*.json
+
     - name: Run MetricCollector once
       run: ./cc-metric-collector --once --config .github/ci-config.json
 
@@ -59,6 +64,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build MetricCollector
       run: make
 
+    - name: Set config file permissions
+      run: |
+        chown $USER .github/ci*.json
+        chmod 0600 .github/ci*.json
+
     - name: Run MetricCollector once
       run: ./cc-metric-collector --once --config .github/ci-config.json
 
@@ -85,6 +95,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build MetricCollector
       run: make
 
+    - name: Set config file permissions
+      run: |
+        chown $USER .github/ci*.json
+        chmod 0600 .github/ci*.json
+
     - name: Run MetricCollector once
       run: ./cc-metric-collector --once --config .github/ci-config.json
 
@@ -331,4 +346,4 @@ jobs:
       id: dpkg-build
       run: |
           export PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64:$PATH
-          make DEB
\ No newline at end of file
+          make DEB