diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 19ce5ab..b05ba05 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 default.remote_syslog.init_style = "init"
-default.remote_syslog.conf.files = []
+default.remote_syslog.conf.files = ["/var/log/*.*"]
 default.remote_syslog.destination.host = "logs.papertrailapp.com"
 default.remote_syslog.destination.port = 12345
 
diff --git a/recipes/configure.rb b/recipes/configure.rb
index c650693..916ed20 100644
--- a/recipes/configure.rb
+++ b/recipes/configure.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 template "/etc/log_files.yml" do
   source "log_files.erb"
+  owner "root"
+  group "root"
+  mode  "0644"
 
   # TODO make this a .to_yaml, issue with getting extra data
   variables :files       => node.remote_syslog.conf.files,