diff --git a/permissions.group-work b/permissions.group-work
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/permissions.private b/permissions.private
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/permissions.public b/permissions.public
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 78d73fa..d9c1f70
--- a/permissions.public
+++ b/permissions.public
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 #
 
 find "$1" -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \;
-find "$1" -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} \;
+find "$1" -type f -exec chmod a+r {} \;