diff --git a/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.java/src/main/resources/java-zip/ant/build.properties b/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.java/src/main/resources/java-zip/ant/build.properties
index defe2a1371..7c0a0717c1 100644
--- a/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.java/src/main/resources/java-zip/ant/build.properties
+++ b/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.java/src/main/resources/java-zip/ant/build.properties
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ deploy.kill.command=. /etc/profile.d/natinst-path.sh; /usr/local/frc/bin/frcKill
 deploy.log.file=/var/local/natinst/log/FRC_UserProgram.log
 deploy.log.command=tail -F -n 0 ${deploy.log.file}
 debug.flag.dir=/tmp/
+debug.flag.command=chown lvuser:ni ${debug.flag.dir}frcdebug
 command.dir=/home/lvuser/
 version=current
 
diff --git a/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.java/src/main/resources/java-zip/ant/build.xml b/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.java/src/main/resources/java-zip/ant/build.xml
index 5a25af1955..d7249c3397 100644
--- a/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.java/src/main/resources/java-zip/ant/build.xml
+++ b/eclipse-plugins/edu.wpi.first.wpilib.plugins.java/src/main/resources/java-zip/ant/build.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@
     <scp file="${wpilib.ant.dir}/robotDebugCommand" todir="${username}@${target}:${command.dir}" password="${password}" trust="true"/>
   	<!-- The frcdebug file is used as a flag for /usr/local/frc/bin/frcRunRobot.sh to run the robot program in debug mode -->
   	<scp file="${wpilib.ant.dir}/frcdebug" todir="${username}@${target}:${debug.flag.dir}" password="${password}" trust="true"/>
+	<sshexec host="${target}"
+        username="${username}"
+        password="${password}"
+        trust="true"
+        command="${debug.flag.command}"/>
 
     <echo>[athena-deploy] Starting Debug program.</echo>
     <sshexec host="${target}"