src/nnn.c | 2 +-

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 9732c0f4bd38159888f52b00c8ed364bf1b5cc2b..9ebfebf89cba7f1e3f992bc1818548a4ae73637c 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -2538,7 +2538,7 @@ 	if (!xdiraccess(path)) {
 		if (errno != ENOENT)
 			return FALSE;
 
-		if (mkdir(path, 0777) == -1)
+		if (mkdir(path, 0755) == -1)
 			return FALSE;
 	}