diff --git a/modserver/globals.sh b/modserver/globals.sh
index 5abacaf..52a982c 100644
--- a/modserver/globals.sh
+++ b/modserver/globals.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ mount_dayz_network_drive() {
 						-o uid=1000 \
 						-o gid=1000 \
 						-o iocharset=utf8 \
-						-o vers=3.0
+						-o vers=3.0 \
+						-o rw
 			esac
 
 			unset ver
@@ -68,6 +69,14 @@ is_network_drive_mounted() {
 	if [ ! -f "$REMOTE_DIR/canary" ] ; then
 		return 1
 	fi
+	# test write
+	touch /mnt/dayz/canary.test
+	if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+		rm /mnt/dayz/canary.test
+	else
+		errmsg "Mounted network drive but we do not have write access."
+		exit 1
+	fi
 }
 ################### GLOBAL FUNCTIONS #########################