diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a0a870ef0cd774212fc183e42c2549b343410cd..4f973efad6e38adff8b282239b0eab2cf1b80dbf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -589,9 +589,15 @@
                                 <snapshotExpand>true</snapshotExpand>
                                 <dataSet>
                                   <data>
-                                    <type>file</type>
-                                    <src>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.war</src>
-                                    <dst>/var/textgrid/webapps/${artifactId}.war</dst>
+                                    <type>directory</type>
+                                    <src>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}</src>
+                                    <mapper>
+				      <type>perm</perm>
+				      <prefix>/var/textgrid/webapps/${artifactId}</prefix>
+				      <user>root</user>
+				      <group>tomcat7</group>
+				      <filemode>755</filemode>
+				    </mapper>
                                   </data>
                                 </dataSet>
                               </configuration>