diff --git a/bootstrap-daemon/pvcbootstrapd/lib/hooks.py b/bootstrap-daemon/pvcbootstrapd/lib/hooks.py
index 0d7ebde..3b68145 100755
--- a/bootstrap-daemon/pvcbootstrapd/lib/hooks.py
+++ b/bootstrap-daemon/pvcbootstrapd/lib/hooks.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def run_hook_copy(config, targets, args):
                     sfile = f"{config['ansible_path']}/{sfile}"
                 tc = c.open_sftp()
                 tc.put(sfile, dfile)
-                tc.chmod(dfile, int(dmode))
+                tc.chmod(dfile, int(dmode, 8))
                 tc.close()