diff --git a/html-gen.sh b/html-gen.sh
index 73c712f..2d1ba6b 100644
--- a/html-gen.sh
+++ b/html-gen.sh
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ if [ $modification -gt 0 ]; then
   echo -n "[fugitive] Using last published article as index page... "
   cp "$public_dir/`head -1 $articles_sorted`.html" "$public_dir/index.html"
   echo "done".
+  chmod 644 _public/*.html _public/*.xml
   echo "[fugitive] Blog update complete."
 fi
 rm "$articles_sorted"