diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3825cf1..84e6cf6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with `-f Dockerfile.aarch64
 
 ## Versions
 
+* **25.12.21:** - Fix video device group perms error message.
 * **22.09.21:** - Pull only the server, web and ffmpeg packages instead of the wrapper.
 * **23.06.21:** - Add log message if device permissions are incorrect. Deprecate the `bionic` tag.
 * **20.01.21:** - Deprecate `UMASK_SET` in favor of UMASK in baseimage, see above for more information.
diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index 51328c1..9720ba3 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ app_setup_block: |
 
 # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - { date: "25.12.21:", desc: "Fix video device group perms error message." }
   - { date: "22.09.21:", desc: "Pull only the server, web and ffmpeg packages instead of the wrapper." }
   - { date: "23.06.21:", desc: "Add log message if device permissions are incorrect. Deprecate the `bionic` tag." }
   - { date: "20.01.21:", desc: "Deprecate `UMASK_SET` in favor of UMASK in baseimage, see above for more information." }
diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-gid-video b/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-gid-video
index 5210ccc..c519926 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-gid-video
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-gid-video
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ do
             groupmod -g "$VIDEO_GID" "$VIDEO_NAME"
         fi
         usermod -a -G "$VIDEO_NAME" abc
-        if [ $(stat -c '%A' "${i}" | cut -b 8,9) != "rw" ]; then
+        if [ $(stat -c '%A' "${i}" | cut -b 5,6) != "rw" ]; then
             echo -e "**** The device ${i} does not have group read/write permissions, which might prevent hardware transcode from functioning correctly. To fix it, you can run the following on your docker host: ****\nsudo chmod g+rw ${i}\n"
         fi
     fi