diff --git a/client/cmd/service_controller.go b/client/cmd/service_controller.go
index aaea6fa9b04..ee4ecc6f934 100644
--- a/client/cmd/service_controller.go
+++ b/client/cmd/service_controller.go
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ func (p *program) Start(svc service.Service) error {
 		}
 		defer listen.Close()
 
+		if split[0] == "unix" {
+			err = os.Chmod(split[1], 0666)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("failed setting daemon permissions: %v", split[1])
+				return
+			}
+		}
+
 		serverInstance := server.New(p.ctx, managementURL, configPath, stopCh, cleanupCh)
 		if err := serverInstance.Start(); err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("failed start daemon: %v", err)
diff --git a/client/server/server.go b/client/server/server.go
index ca60f8755d5..d6366c5f08e 100644
--- a/client/server/server.go
+++ b/client/server/server.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ func (s *Server) Start() error {
 		log.Warnf("no config file, skip connection stage: %v", err)
 		return nil
 	}
+	s.config = config
 
 	go func() {
 		if err := internal.RunClient(ctx, config, s.stopCh, s.cleanupCh); err != nil {