diff --git a/interactions.c b/interactions.c
index 11e5753..2ea9a99 100644
--- a/interactions.c
+++ b/interactions.c
@@ -469,7 +469,9 @@ void makedir(){
 	int err = read_string(win_b, local_height - 1, 0, str);
 	if (!err) {
 		btm_buffer = concat(btm_buffer, str);
-		mkdir(str, 755); /*magic number from default permissions as created by mkdir*/
+		mode_t mask = umask(0);
+		mkdir(str, 0755); /*magic number from default permissions as created by mkdir*/
+		umask(mask);
 	}
 	free(str);
 	status |= (STATUS_RUN_BACKEND | STATUS_UPDATE_SCREEN_MASK | STATUS_RELOAD_DIRECTORY | STATUS_UPDATE_SCREEN_RELOAD_FULL);