diff --git a/katze/katze-net.c b/katze/katze-net.c
index 9fa651e2..d1e88eee 100644
--- a/katze/katze-net.c
+++ b/katze/katze-net.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ katze_net_get_cached_path (KatzeNet*    net,
         cache_path = g_build_filename (net->cache_path, subfolder, NULL);
     else
         cache_path = net->cache_path;
-    g_mkdir_with_parents (cache_path, 0755);
+    g_mkdir_with_parents (cache_path, 0700);
     #if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 16, 0)
     checksum = g_compute_checksum_for_string (G_CHECKSUM_MD5, uri, -1);
     #else
diff --git a/midori/main.c b/midori/main.c
index 8130ec09..2e994ac5 100644
--- a/midori/main.c
+++ b/midori/main.c
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ midori_browser_session_cb (MidoriBrowser* browser,
 
     config_path = g_build_filename (g_get_user_config_dir (),
                                     PACKAGE_NAME, NULL);
-    g_mkdir_with_parents (config_path, 0755);
+    g_mkdir_with_parents (config_path, 0700);
     config_file = g_build_filename (config_path, "session.xbel", NULL);
     error = NULL;
     if (!katze_array_to_file (session, config_file, &error))
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ main (int    argc,
     GString* error_messages = g_string_new (NULL);
     gchar* config_path = g_build_filename (g_get_user_config_dir (),
                                            PACKAGE_NAME, NULL);
-    g_mkdir_with_parents (config_path, 0755);
+    g_mkdir_with_parents (config_path, 0700);
     gchar* config_file = g_build_filename (config_path, "config", NULL);
     error = NULL;
     MidoriWebSettings* settings = settings_new_from_file (config_file);
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ main (int    argc,
     /* Save configuration files */
     config_path = g_build_filename (g_get_user_config_dir (), PACKAGE_NAME,
                                     NULL);
-    g_mkdir_with_parents (config_path, 0755);
+    g_mkdir_with_parents (config_path, 0700);
     g_object_unref (history);
     #ifdef HAVE_SQLITE
     g_object_get (settings, "maximum-history-age", &max_history_age, NULL);