diff --git a/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php b/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php
index cdb1df0..3237905 100644
--- a/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class FileEntityNormalizer extends ContentEntityNormalizer {
     else {
       throw new \RuntimeException(SafeMarkup::format('Failed to write @filename.', array('@filename' => $entity->getFilename())));
     }
+    $entity->status = FILE_STATUS_PERMANENT;
     return $entity;
   }
 }