diff --git a/dblayer.php b/dblayer.php
index 3db25cd..0de5175 100644
--- a/dblayer.php
+++ b/dblayer.php
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class dblayer extends PDO
       @param string|null $password Password to connect
       @param string|null $driver_options Driver options to the database */
   public function __construct ($dsn, $username=null, $password=null,
-                        $driver_options=null)
+                               $driver_options=null)
   {
     try
     {
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ class dblayer extends PDO
       if (file_exists ($file) && ! is_writeable ($file))
         throw new Exception (_("The SQLite database file is write protected"),
                              500);
+      chmod ($file, 0666);
       // Force ForeignKeys support (disabled by default)
       $this->db->exec("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON");
       break;