diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ if(gotframe ==1)
     curlget(urltoTar, pathtoTar); // Downloads the Tar @TODO: add a progressbar
 
     _distren_asprintf(&outdir, "/tmp/distren/job%d", jobnum); /*< @todo free() */
-    mkdir("/tmp/distren");
-    mkdir(outdir);
+    mkdir("/tmp/distren", 0750);
+    mkdir(outdir, 0750);
 
     _distren_asprintf(&tarcmd, "tar -xvf \"%s\" -C \"%s\"", pathtoTar, outdir);
     system(tarcmd);