diff --git a/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh b/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh
index ee352ce2beb18afd69cf402eaa926c8a4d277106..ddc5a28aa6dae6363d1f6f7487ed9107aaea527c 100755
--- a/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh
+++ b/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ function _doBackupOfSingleInstance(){
     for _dir in "${ARCHIVE_DIR}"      "${ARCHIVE_DIR}/seq"  "${ARCHIVE_DIR}/security" \
                 "${ARCHIVE_DIR2}"     "${ARCHIVE_DIR2}/seq" "${ARCHIVE_DIR2}/security"
     do
-    test -d "$_dir" || (echo "creating $_dir" ; mkdir -p "$_dir" )
+        test -d "$_dir" || (echo "creating $_dir" ; mkdir -p "$_dir" )
+        chmod 0700 "$_dir"
     done
 
     local iChunksize=100