diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index fa1696e0..c525c3d9 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "glib.h"
+#include "glib/gstdio.h"
 
 #include "log.h"
 
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ log_init(log_level_t filter)
     tz = g_time_zone_new_local();
     gchar *log_file = _get_main_log_file();
     logp = fopen(log_file, "a");
+    g_chmod(log_file, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
     mainlogfile = g_string_new(log_file);
     free(log_file);
 }
@@ -274,6 +276,7 @@ chat_log_chat(const gchar * const login, gchar *other,
     date_fmt = g_date_time_format(dt, "%H:%M:%S");
 
     FILE *logp = fopen(dated_log->filename, "a");
+    g_chmod(dated_log->filename, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
     if (logp != NULL) {
         if (direction == PROF_IN_LOG) {
             if (strncmp(msg, "/me ", 4) == 0) {
@@ -322,6 +325,7 @@ groupchat_log_chat(const gchar * const login, const gchar * const room,
     gchar *date_fmt = g_date_time_format(dt, "%H:%M:%S");
 
     FILE *logp = fopen(dated_log->filename, "a");
+    g_chmod(dated_log->filename, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
     if (logp != NULL) {
         if (strncmp(msg, "/me ", 4) == 0) {
             fprintf(logp, "%s - *%s %s\n", date_fmt, nick, msg + 4);
diff --git a/src/xmpp/capabilities.c b/src/xmpp/capabilities.c
index dc19e143..1d6907b8 100644
--- a/src/xmpp/capabilities.c
+++ b/src/xmpp/capabilities.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include <glib.h>
+#include <glib/gstdio.h>
 #include <strophe.h>
 
 #include "common.h"
@@ -69,6 +70,10 @@ caps_init(void)
     log_info("Loading capabilities cache");
     cache_loc = _get_cache_file();
 
+    if (g_file_test(cache_loc, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
+        g_chmod(cache_loc, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+    }
+
     cache = g_key_file_new();
     g_key_file_load_from_file(cache, cache_loc, G_KEY_FILE_KEEP_COMMENTS,
         NULL);
@@ -614,6 +619,7 @@ _save_cache(void)
     gsize g_data_size;
     gchar *g_cache_data = g_key_file_to_data(cache, &g_data_size, NULL);
     g_file_set_contents(cache_loc, g_cache_data, g_data_size, NULL);
+    g_chmod(cache_loc, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
     g_free(g_cache_data);
 }