diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1a7cbb7..1620b5a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20190212144455-93d5ec2c7f76 // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/pkg v0.0.0-20180928190104-399ea9e2e55f // indirect
 	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20190129154638-5b532d6fd5ef // indirect
diff --git a/viper.go b/viper.go
index d192b65..8f04012 100644
--- a/viper.go
+++ b/viper.go
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ func (v *Viper) writeConfig(filename string, force bool) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("File: %s exists. Use WriteConfig to overwrite.", filename)
 		}
 	}
-	f, err := v.fs.OpenFile(filename, flags, os.FileMode(0644))
+	f, err := v.fs.OpenFile(filename, flags, os.FileMode(0664))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}