diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 489ef03..a9a46b9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 main
 saved_notes
+static
diff --git a/internal/conf/conf.go b/internal/conf/conf.go
index e34c911..f8feeec 100644
--- a/internal/conf/conf.go
+++ b/internal/conf/conf.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type Asset struct {
 func (asset *Asset) FetchIfNotExists(staticPath string) {
 	destPath := filepath.Join(staticPath, asset.Path)
 
-	err := os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(destPath), os.ModeDir|0777)
+	err := os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(destPath), os.FileMode(0750))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("Couldn't create parent dirs of %s\n", destPath)
 		panic(err)
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ func LoadConfig(path string) {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	os.Mkdir(Conf.Static.Dir, os.FileMode(750))
-
 	for _, asset := range Conf.Static.Assets {
 		asset.FetchIfNotExists(Conf.Static.Dir)
 	}