diff --git a/joplin/rootfs/run.sh b/joplin/rootfs/run.sh
index 24a7b5405..ff22bc29f 100644
--- a/joplin/rootfs/run.sh
+++ b/joplin/rootfs/run.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 bashio::log.warning "Warning - minimum configuration recommended : 2 cpu cores and 4 GB of memory. Otherwise the system will become unresponsive and crash." 
 
-sudo chmod u+r /data/options.json
-
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