diff --git a/core/dovecot/start.py b/core/dovecot/start.py
index f782eaf4..3a85f64b 100755
--- a/core/dovecot/start.py
+++ b/core/dovecot/start.py
@@ -33,14 +33,11 @@ if os.environ["WEBMAIL"] != "none":
 for dovecot_file in glob.glob("/conf/*.conf"):
     conf.jinja(dovecot_file, os.environ, os.path.join("/etc/dovecot", os.path.basename(dovecot_file)))
 
-try:
-    os.mkdir("/conf/bin")
-except FileExistsError:
-    pass
+os.makedirs("/conf/bin", exist_ok=True)
 for script_file in glob.glob("/conf/*.script"):
     out_file = os.path.join("/conf/bin/", os.path.basename(script_file).replace('.script',''))
     conf.jinja(script_file, os.environ, out_file)
-    os.chmod(out_file, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IXUSR | stat.S_IRGRP | stat.S_IXGRP | stat.S_IROTH | stat.S_IXOTH)
+    os.chmod(out_file, 0555)
 
 # Run Podop, then postfix
 multiprocessing.Process(target=start_podop).start()