diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2f87307..2542ed6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
   <artifactId>data-processing</artifactId>
-  <version>0.3.2</version>
+  <version>0.4.1</version>
   <name>data processing</name>
   <description>A Java tool that scans file move events and triggers a cascade of dataset
     pre-processing
diff --git a/src/main/java/life/qbic/data/processing/AccessRightsEvaluation.java b/src/main/java/life/qbic/data/processing/AccessRightsEvaluation.java
index a9e2cc1..47297af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/life/qbic/data/processing/AccessRightsEvaluation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/life/qbic/data/processing/AccessRightsEvaluation.java
@@ -67,5 +67,32 @@ public static void evaluateExistenceAndDirectory(File file) throws IOException {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Convenience method that checks if file can be read and executed by the application.
+   *
+   * @param file the path of the file of interest to evaluate
+   * @throws IOException if neither of the evaluated conditions are failing
+   * @since 1.0.0
+   */
+  public static void evaluateReadAndExecutablePermission(Path file) throws IOException {
+    evaluateReadAndExecutablePermission(file.toFile());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Convenience method that checks if file can be read and executed by the application.
+   *
+   * @param file the file of interest to evaluate
+   * @throws IOException if neither of the evaluated conditions are failing
+   * @since 1.0.0
+   */
+  public static void evaluateReadAndExecutablePermission(File file) throws IOException {
+    if (!file.canExecute()) {
+      throw new IOException("Cannot execute file " + file);
+    }
+    if (!file.canRead()) {
+      throw new IOException("Cannot read file " + file);
+    }
+  }
+
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/life/qbic/data/processing/scanner/ScannerConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/life/qbic/data/processing/scanner/ScannerConfiguration.java
index 47c55bb..4ce6490 100644
--- a/src/main/java/life/qbic/data/processing/scanner/ScannerConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/life/qbic/data/processing/scanner/ScannerConfiguration.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public ScannerConfiguration(String scannerDirectory, int interval, String[] igno
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Interval must be greater than 0");
     }
     AccessRightsEvaluation.evaluateExistenceAndDirectory(this.scannerDirectory);
-    AccessRightsEvaluation.evaluateWriteAndExecutablePermission(this.scannerDirectory);
+    AccessRightsEvaluation.evaluateReadAndExecutablePermission(this.scannerDirectory);
     this.scanInterval = interval;
     this.ignore = Arrays.copyOf(Objects.requireNonNull(ignore), ignore.length);
   }