diff --git a/bin/joj3-forge-convert b/bin/joj3-forge-convert
index 50a72d7..1f273f1 100755
--- a/bin/joj3-forge-convert
+++ b/bin/joj3-forge-convert
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ EOF
     rsync -a --delete "/home/tt/.config/joj/" "$config_repo_path/home/tt/.config/joj"
 
     # enforce correct permissions
+    chmod 750 "/home/tt/"
+    chmod 750 "/home/tt/.cache/"
+    chmod 750 "/home/tt/.cache/joj3"
     chmod 700 "/home/tt/.config/"
-    chmod 700 "/home/tt/.cache/"
     chmod 700 "/home/tt/.ssh/"
 
     # commit config changes