diff --git a/engine/doneTorrentActions.go b/engine/doneTorrentActions.go
index 3dcd58ff..378a06d4 100644
--- a/engine/doneTorrentActions.go
+++ b/engine/doneTorrentActions.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func MoveAndLeaveSymlink(config FullClientSettings, singleTorrent *torrent.Torre
 	newFilePath := filepath.Join(tStorage.StoragePath, singleTorrent.Name())
 	_, err := os.Stat(tStorage.StoragePath)
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		err := os.MkdirAll(tStorage.StoragePath, 0644)
+		err := os.MkdirAll(tStorage.StoragePath, 0755)
 		if err != nil {
 			Logger.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"New File Path": newFilePath, "error": err}).Error("Cannot create new directory")
 		}
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func MoveAndLeaveSymlink(config FullClientSettings, singleTorrent *torrent.Torre
 	if oldFilePath != newFilePath {
 		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" { //TODO the windows symlink is broken on windows 10 creator edition, so doing a copy for now until Go 1.11
 			if oldFileInfo.IsDir() {
-				os.Mkdir(newFilePath, 0644)
+				os.Mkdir(newFilePath, 0755)
 				folderCopy.Copy(oldFilePath, newFilePath) //copy the folder to the new location
 				notifyUser(tStorage, config, singleTorrent, db)
 				return
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 773720fa..32b687db 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func main() {
 	if Config.LoggingOutput == "file" {
 		_, err := os.Stat("logs/server.log")
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			err := os.Mkdir("logs", 0644)
+			err := os.Mkdir("logs", 0755)
 			if err != nil {
 				fmt.Println("Unable to create 'log' folder for logging.... please check permissions.. forcing output to stdout")
 			}
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func main() {
 	Logger.SetLevel(Config.LoggingLevel)
 
 	httpAddr := Config.HTTPAddr
-	os.Mkdir(Config.TFileUploadFolder, os.ModeDir) //creating a directory to store uploaded torrent files
+	os.Mkdir(Config.TFileUploadFolder, 0755) //creating a directory to store uploaded torrent files
 	Logger.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"Config": Config}).Info("Torrent Client Config has been generated...")
 
 	tclient, err := torrent.NewClient(&Config.TorrentConfig) //pulling out the torrent specific config to use
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func main() {
 				}
 				filePath := filepath.Join(Config.TFileUploadFolder, FileName) //creating a full filepath to store the .torrent files
 
-				err = ioutil.WriteFile(filePath, file, 0644) //Dumping our recieved file into the filename
+				err = ioutil.WriteFile(filePath, file, 0755) //Dumping our recieved file into the filename
 				if err != nil {
 					Logger.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"filepath": filePath, "Error": err}).Error("Unable to write torrent data to file")
 				}