diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 9732c0f4..9ebfebf8 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -2538,7 +2538,7 @@ static bool create_dir(const char *path)
 		if (errno != ENOENT)
 			return FALSE;
 
-		if (mkdir(path, 0777) == -1)
+		if (mkdir(path, 0755) == -1)
 			return FALSE;
 	}