diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 77270a4..75284c4
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ REDIRECTIONS = []
 # And then do a backup, or run `nikola ping` from the `ping`
 # plugin (`nikola install_plugin ping`).
 # To do manual deployment, set it to []
-DEPLOY_COMMANDS = {'default': ['rsync -rav --delete output/ adulau@kb.quuxlabs.com:/home/adulau/website/foo/photoblog']}
+DEPLOY_COMMANDS = {'default': ['rsync -rav --chmod=ugo=rX --delete output/ adulau@kb.quuxlabs.com:/home/adulau/website/foo/photoblog']}
 
 # For user.github.io/organization.github.io pages, the DEPLOY branch
 # MUST be 'master', and 'gh-pages' for other repositories.