diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..082b194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "makefile.configureOnOpen": false
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/libglacier.c b/src/libglacier.c
index 71139e4..f5a49f7 100644
--- a/src/libglacier.c
+++ b/src/libglacier.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ mkworkspace(void)
 		return 0;
 	} else if (ENOENT == errno) {
 		/* infolog("Creating new Glacier workspace..."); */
-		if (mkdir(workspace_path, DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS) != 0) {
+		if (mkdir(workspace_path, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH) != 0) {
 			if (LG_VERBOSE == 1) {
 				errlog("in mkworkspace()");
 				errlog("mkdir() failed to create workspace directory");