diff --git a/bin/qemush b/bin/qemush
index 507abb2..55bac84 100755
--- a/bin/qemush
+++ b/bin/qemush
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ PATH="./${bin}:${PATH}"
 EDITOR="${EDITOR:-nvim}"
 alias ls='ls --color=auto'
 shopt -s expand_aliases
+umask 027
 
 perror() {
     >&2 printf '\033[1;31mERROR:\033[0m \033[1m%s\033[0m\n' "$*"
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ public_diskls() {
 public_edit() {
     local file="${bin}/${1}"
     "$EDITOR" "$file"
-    exec chmod 740 "$file"
+    exec chmod u+x "$file"
 }
 
 public_rm() {