diff --git a/src/logging/writers/Ascii.cc b/src/logging/writers/Ascii.cc
index 3866c48b64..4d2f59ea72 100644
--- a/src/logging/writers/Ascii.cc
+++ b/src/logging/writers/Ascii.cc
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ bool Ascii::DoInit(const WriterInfo& info, int num_fields, const Field* const *
 
 	fname = IsSpecial(path) ? path : path + "." + LogExt();
 
-	fd = open(fname.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0777);
+	fd = open(fname.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666);
 
 	if ( fd < 0 )
 		{