diff --git a/application/config/config.php b/application/config/config.php
index b6b3c9f..e8d30b6 100644
--- a/application/config/config.php
+++ b/application/config/config.php
@@ -264,6 +264,18 @@
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Log File Permissions
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| The file system permissions to be applied on newly created log files.
+|
+| IMPORTANT: This MUST be an integer (no quotes) and you MUST use octal
+|            integer notation (i.e. 0700, 0644, etc.)
+*/
+$config['log_file_permissions'] = 0644;
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Date Format for Logs
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |
diff --git a/application/config/constants.php b/application/config/constants.php
index 239fd46..c19f044 100644
--- a/application/config/constants.php
+++ b/application/config/constants.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 define('FILE_READ_MODE', 0644);
 define('FILE_WRITE_MODE', 0666);
 define('DIR_READ_MODE', 0755);
-define('DIR_WRITE_MODE', 0777);
+define('DIR_WRITE_MODE', 0755);
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------