diff --git a/modules/clightning.nix b/modules/clightning.nix
index 07457b5..fb513b9 100644
--- a/modules/clightning.nix
+++ b/modules/clightning.nix
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ in {
       default = "/var/lib/clightning";
       description = "The data directory for clightning.";
     };
+    cli = mkOption {
+      readOnly = true;
+      default = pkgs.writeScriptBin "lightning-cli"
+      # Switch user because c-lightning doesn't allow setting the permissions of the rpc socket
+      # https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/issues/1366
+      ''
+        exec sudo -u clightning ${pkgs.nix-bitcoin.clightning}/bin/lightning-cli --lightning-dir='${cfg.dataDir}' "$@"
+      '';
+      description = "Binary to connect with the clightning instance.";
+    };
     enforceTor =  nix-bitcoin-services.enforceTor;
   };
 
diff --git a/modules/nix-bitcoin-webindex.nix b/modules/nix-bitcoin-webindex.nix
index 1f2815b..b4d9621 100644
--- a/modules/nix-bitcoin-webindex.nix
+++ b/modules/nix-bitcoin-webindex.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,12 @@ in {
       description = "Get node info";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       after = [ "nodeinfo.service" ];
-      path  = with pkgs; [ nix-bitcoin.nodeinfo nix-bitcoin.clightning jq sudo ];
+      path  = with pkgs; [
+        nix-bitcoin.nodeinfo
+        config.services.clightning.cli
+        jq
+        sudo
+      ];
       serviceConfig = {
         ExecStart="${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash ${createWebIndex}";
         User = "root";
diff --git a/modules/nix-bitcoin.nix b/modules/nix-bitcoin.nix
index 9013726..5aee387 100644
--- a/modules/nix-bitcoin.nix
+++ b/modules/nix-bitcoin.nix
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ in {
     services.onion-chef.access.operator = [ "bitcoind" "clightning" "nginx" "liquidd" "spark-wallet" "electrs" "sshd" ];
 
     environment.interactiveShellInit = ''
-      ${optionalString (config.services.clightning.enable) ''
-        alias lightning-cli='sudo -u clightning lightning-cli --lightning-dir=${config.services.clightning.dataDir}'
-      ''}
       ${optionalString (config.services.lnd.enable) ''
         alias lncli='sudo -u lnd lncli --tlscertpath /secrets/lnd_cert --macaroonpath ${config.services.lnd.dataDir}/chain/bitcoin/mainnet/admin.macaroon'
       ''}
@@ -175,7 +172,7 @@ in {
       jq
       qrencode
     ]
-    ++ optionals config.services.clightning.enable [clightning]
+    ++ optionals config.services.clightning.enable [clightning (hiPrio config.services.clightning.cli)]
     ++ optionals config.services.lnd.enable [lnd]
     ++ optionals config.services.lightning-charge.enable [lightning-charge]
     ++ optionals config.services.nanopos.enable [nanopos]
diff --git a/modules/recurring-donations.nix b/modules/recurring-donations.nix
index f1ef5f9..03896ee 100644
--- a/modules/recurring-donations.nix
+++ b/modules/recurring-donations.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let
   cfg = config.services.recurring-donations;
   inherit (config) nix-bitcoin-services;
   recurring-donations-script = pkgs.writeScript "recurring-donations.sh" ''
-    LNCLI="lightning-cli --lightning-dir=${config.services.clightning.dataDir}"
+    LNCLI="${pkgs.nix-bitcoin.clightning}/bin/lightning-cli --lightning-dir=${config.services.clightning.dataDir}"
     pay_tallycoin() {
       NAME=$1
       AMOUNT=$2
diff --git a/pkgs/nodeinfo/nodeinfo.sh b/pkgs/nodeinfo/nodeinfo.sh
index 6b62ff0..7ab1649 100644
--- a/pkgs/nodeinfo/nodeinfo.sh
+++ b/pkgs/nodeinfo/nodeinfo.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ BITCOIND_ONION="$(cat /var/lib/onion-chef/operator/bitcoind)"
 echo BITCOIND_ONION="$BITCOIND_ONION"
 
 if [ -x "$(command -v lightning-cli)" ]; then
-    CLIGHTNING_NODEID=$(sudo -u clightning lightning-cli --lightning-dir=/var/lib/clightning getinfo | jq -r '.id')
+    CLIGHTNING_NODEID=$(lightning-cli getinfo | jq -r '.id')
     CLIGHTNING_ONION="$(cat /var/lib/onion-chef/operator/clightning)"
     CLIGHTNING_ID="$CLIGHTNING_NODEID@$CLIGHTNING_ONION:9735"
     echo CLIGHTNING_NODEID="$CLIGHTNING_NODEID"