diff --git a/snapper/FileUtils.cc b/snapper/FileUtils.cc
index 9da572f..48f60fa 100644
--- a/snapper/FileUtils.cc
+++ b/snapper/FileUtils.cc
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ namespace snapper
 		v /= 62;
 	    }
 
-	    int fd = open(name, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_CLOEXEC, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+	    int fd = open(name, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_CLOEXEC, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
 	    if (fd >= 0)
 		return fd;
 	    else if (errno != EEXIST)