diff --git a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
index a0353f34..17900f0b 100755
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ mkdir -pm 0755 /var/log/pihole
 # Ensure that permissions are set so that pihole-FTL can edit all necessary files
 chown -R pihole:pihole /etc/pihole /var/log/pihole
 chmod -R 0640 /var/log/pihole
-chmod -R 0660 /etc/pihole /run/pihole
-# allow all users to enter der directories
+chmod -R 0660 /etc/pihole
+# allow all users to enter the directories
 chmod 0755 /etc/pihole /var/log/pihole
 
 # Backward compatibility for user-scripts that still expect log files in /var/log instead of /var/log/pihole
diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index 050883cd..bf26631a 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ installConfigs() {
 
     # Install empty custom.list file if it does not exist
     if [[ ! -r "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/custom.list" ]]; then
-        if ! install -o pihole -g pihole -m 644 /dev/null "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/custom.list" &>/dev/null; then
+        if ! install -o pihole -g pihole -m 660 /dev/null "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/custom.list" &>/dev/null; then
             printf "  %b Error: Unable to initialize configuration file %s/custom.list\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}"
             return 1
         fi