diff --git a/dispatcher/main.c b/dispatcher/main.c
index 8088bd0..f2d299a 100644
--- a/dispatcher/main.c
+++ b/dispatcher/main.c
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ daemonize (void)
 
   setsid ();
 
-  if ((pidfile_fd = open (LOCALSTATEDIR "/run/system-tools-backends.pid", O_CREAT | O_WRONLY)) != -1)
+  pidfile_fd = open (LOCALSTATEDIR "/run/system-tools-backends.pid", O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, 0644);
+  if (-1 != pidfile_fd)
     {
       str = g_strdup_printf ("%d", getpid ());
       write (pidfile_fd, str, strlen (str));