diff --git a/rootfs/usr/share/planefence/prep-planefence.sh b/rootfs/usr/share/planefence/prep-planefence.sh
index a239398..4e82b7a 100755
--- a/rootfs/usr/share/planefence/prep-planefence.sh
+++ b/rootfs/usr/share/planefence/prep-planefence.sh
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ function configure_both() {
 # However, if there is a planefence.config file in the ..../persist directory
 # (by default exposed to ~/.planefence) then export all of those variables as well
 # note that the grep strips off any spaces at the beginning of a line, and any commented line
-mkdir -p -m 0700 /usr/share/planefence/persist/.internal
+mkdir -p -m 0777 /usr/share/planefence/persist/.internal
 mkdir -p /usr/share/planefence/persist/planepix
-chmod -fR a+rw /usr/share/planefence/persist /usr/share/planefence/persist/{.[!.]*,*}
+chmod -f a=rwx /usr/share/planefence/persist
+chmod -fR a+rw /usr/share/planefence/persist/{.[!.]*,*}
+
 chmod a=rwx /usr/share/planefence/persist/planepix
 if [[ -f /usr/share/planefence/persist/planefence.config ]]
 then