diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/manifests/intelmq.pp b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/manifests/intelmq.pp
index eccc345..56c451a 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/manifests/intelmq.pp
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/manifests/intelmq.pp
@@ -142,6 +142,23 @@ class soc::intelmq(
     notify  => [Class['sunet::systemd_reload'], Service['intelmq-api.socket'],],
   }
 
+  file { '/opt/intelmq/etc/runtime.yaml':
+    ensure  => 'present',
+    replace => 'no',
+    owner   => 'intelmq',
+    group   => 'www-data',
+    mode    => '0660',
+  }
+
+  file { '/opt/intelmq/etc/runtime.yaml.bak':
+    ensure  => 'present',
+    replace => 'no',
+    owner   => 'www-data',
+    group   => 'www-data',
+    mode    => '0660',
+    content => '',
+  }
+
   service { 'intelmq-api.service':
     ensure     => running,
     name       => 'intelmq-api.service',