diff --git a/headphones/__init__.py b/headphones/__init__.py
index 78803803..fcf72106 100644
--- a/headphones/__init__.py
+++ b/headphones/__init__.py
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_TORRENT_DIR = None
 
 INTERFACE = None
 FOLDER_PERMISSIONS = None
+FILE_PERMISSIONS = None
 
 MUSIC_ENCODER = False
 ENCODERFOLDER = None
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ def initialize():
                 NZBGET_USERNAME, NZBGET_PASSWORD, NZBGET_CATEGORY, NZBGET_HOST, HEADPHONES_INDEXER, NZBMATRIX, TRANSMISSION_HOST, TRANSMISSION_USERNAME, TRANSMISSION_PASSWORD, \
                 UTORRENT_HOST, UTORRENT_USERNAME, UTORRENT_PASSWORD, NEWZNAB, NEWZNAB_HOST, NEWZNAB_APIKEY, NEWZNAB_ENABLED, EXTRA_NEWZNABS, \
                 NZBSORG, NZBSORG_UID, NZBSORG_HASH, NZBSRUS, NZBSRUS_UID, NZBSRUS_APIKEY, NZB_DOWNLOADER, TORRENT_DOWNLOADER, PREFERRED_WORDS, REQUIRED_WORDS, IGNORED_WORDS, \
-                LASTFM_USERNAME, INTERFACE, FOLDER_PERMISSIONS, ENCODERFOLDER, ENCODER_PATH, ENCODER, XLDPROFILE, BITRATE, SAMPLINGFREQUENCY, \
+                LASTFM_USERNAME, INTERFACE, FOLDER_PERMISSIONS, FILE_PERMISSIONS, ENCODERFOLDER, ENCODER_PATH, ENCODER, XLDPROFILE, BITRATE, SAMPLINGFREQUENCY, \
                 MUSIC_ENCODER, ADVANCEDENCODER, ENCODEROUTPUTFORMAT, ENCODERQUALITY, ENCODERVBRCBR, ENCODERLOSSLESS, DELETE_LOSSLESS_FILES, \
                 PROWL_ENABLED, PROWL_PRIORITY, PROWL_KEYS, PROWL_ONSNATCH, PUSHOVER_ENABLED, PUSHOVER_PRIORITY, PUSHOVER_KEYS, PUSHOVER_ONSNATCH, MIRRORLIST, \
                 MIRROR, CUSTOMHOST, CUSTOMPORT, CUSTOMSLEEP, HPUSER, HPPASS, XBMC_ENABLED, XBMC_HOST, XBMC_USERNAME, XBMC_PASSWORD, XBMC_UPDATE, \
@@ -470,6 +471,7 @@ def initialize():
 
         INTERFACE = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'interface', 'default')
         FOLDER_PERMISSIONS = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'folder_permissions', '0755')
+        FILE_PERSMISSIONS = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'file_permissions', '0644')
 
         ENCODERFOLDER = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'encoderfolder', '')
         ENCODER_PATH = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'encoder_path', '')
@@ -873,6 +875,7 @@ def config_write():
     new_config['General']['lastfm_username'] = LASTFM_USERNAME
     new_config['General']['interface'] = INTERFACE
     new_config['General']['folder_permissions'] = FOLDER_PERMISSIONS
+    new_config['General']['file_permissions'] = FILE_PERMISSIONS
 
     new_config['General']['music_encoder'] = int(MUSIC_ENCODER)
     new_config['General']['encoder'] = ENCODER
diff --git a/headphones/postprocessor.py b/headphones/postprocessor.py
index 132ec931..485028fb 100644
--- a/headphones/postprocessor.py
+++ b/headphones/postprocessor.py
@@ -395,6 +395,8 @@ def doPostProcessing(albumid, albumpath, release, tracks, downloaded_track_list,
     else:
         albumpaths = [albumpath]
         
+    updateFilePermissions(albumpaths)
+        
     myDB = db.DBConnection()
     myDB.action('UPDATE albums SET status = "Downloaded" WHERE AlbumID=?', [albumid])
     myDB.action('UPDATE snatched SET status = "Processed" WHERE AlbumID=?', [albumid])
@@ -860,7 +862,20 @@ def renameFiles(albumpath, downloaded_track_list, release):
         except Exception, e:
             logger.error('Error renaming file: %s. Error: %s' % (downloaded_track.decode(headphones.SYS_ENCODING, 'replace'), e))
             continue
-                
+            
+def updateFilePermissions(albumpaths):
+
+    for folder in albumpaths:
+        logger.info("Updating file permissions in " + folder.decode(headphones.SYS_ENCODING, 'replace'))
+        for r,d,f in os.walk(folder):
+            for files in f:
+                full_path = os.path.join(r, files)
+                try:
+                    os.chmod(full_path, headphones.FILE_PERMISSIONS)
+                except:
+                    logger.error("Could not change permissions for file: " + full_path.decode(headphones.SYS_ENCODING, 'replace'))
+                    continue
+
 def renameUnprocessedFolder(albumpath):
     
     i = 0