diff --git a/application/config/config.php b/application/config/config.php
index 9cc7a91c2..b9214265c 100644
--- a/application/config/config.php
+++ b/application/config/config.php
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ $config['log_file_extension'] = '';
 | IMPORTANT: This MUST be an integer (no quotes) and you MUST use octal
 |            integer notation (i.e. 0700, 0644, etc.)
 */
-$config['log_file_permissions'] = 0644;
+$config['log_file_permissions'] = 0640;
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------