diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 428e697..a177d0e 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ install:
 
 	install -Dm 0644 build/dwelling-upload.conf ${DESTDIR}usr/lib/sysusers.d/dwelling-upload.conf
 
-	install -Dm 0644 -d ${DESTDIR}var/log/dwelling-upload
+	install -Dm 0755 -d ${DESTDIR}var/log/dwelling-upload
 
 stop-service:
 	${SYSCTL} stop ${TARGET}.service