diff --git a/tasks/debian/add_site.yml b/tasks/debian/add_site.yml
index f51741b..9976851 100644
--- a/tasks/debian/add_site.yml
+++ b/tasks/debian/add_site.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,6 @@
     src: "/etc/apache2/sites-available/site_{{ name }}.conf"
     dest: "/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/site_{{ name }}.conf"
     owner: 'root'
-    group: 'root'
-    mode: 0644
+    group: "{{ APACHE_CONFIG.group }}"
+    mode: 0640
   tags: [sites, config]
diff --git a/tasks/debian/add_status.yml b/tasks/debian/add_status.yml
index cc08698..50472a9 100644
--- a/tasks/debian/add_status.yml
+++ b/tasks/debian/add_status.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
     src: '/etc/apache2/sites-available/status.conf'
     dest: '/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/status.conf'
     owner: 'root'
-    group: 'root'
-    mode: 0644
+    group: "{{ APACHE_CONFIG.group }}"
+    mode: 0640
   tags: [sites, base, config]