diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 6836428..accfc2e 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (c *Config[T]) Get() (bool, error) {
 	c.ConfigFile = &configFilepath
 
 	// open file, creating it if empty
-	configFile, err := os.OpenFile(*c.ConfigFile, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0755)
+	configFile, err := os.OpenFile(*c.ConfigFile, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
 	defer configFile.Close()
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (c *Config[T]) Write() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Could not marshal config: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	configFile, err := os.OpenFile(*c.ConfigFile, os.O_RDWR, 0755)
+	configFile, err := os.OpenFile(*c.ConfigFile, os.O_RDWR, 0644)
 	defer configFile.Close()
 
 	_, err = configFile.Write(data)