diff --git a/src/dvr/dvr_rec.c b/src/dvr/dvr_rec.c
index 0075a3b3..37fd0520 100644
--- a/src/dvr/dvr_rec.c
+++ b/src/dvr/dvr_rec.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ pvr_generate_filename(dvr_entry_t *de, const streaming_start_t *ss)
 
 
   /* */
-  if(makedirs(path, 0777) != 0) {
+  if(makedirs(path, 0755) != 0) {
     return -1;
   }