diff --git a/networking/ftpgetput.c b/networking/ftpgetput.c
index 47126ee..aafeaf6 100644
--- a/networking/ftpgetput.c
+++ b/networking/ftpgetput.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 		if (do_continue) {
 			fd_local = xopen(local_path, O_APPEND | O_WRONLY);
 		} else {
-			fd_local = xopen3(local_path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0777);
+			fd_local = xopen3(local_path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0666);
 		}
 	}