diff --git a/pkg/ioutil/append-file_nix.go b/pkg/ioutil/append-file_nix.go
index 416ed8621..f82367a9f 100644
--- a/pkg/ioutil/append-file_nix.go
+++ b/pkg/ioutil/append-file_nix.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 // AppendFile - appends the file "src" to the file "dst"
 func AppendFile(dst string, src string) error {
-	appendFile, err := os.OpenFile(dst, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
+	appendFile, err := os.OpenFile(dst, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, 0666)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}