diff --git a/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone b/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone
index ffe982b..bbf3d7c 100755
--- a/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone
+++ b/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ set -x
 umask ${mode}
 doas -u _portzap "${git}" clone "${giturl}" "${gitdir}"
 cd "${gitdir}"
+set +x
+echo "[-] Adjust filemode. This might take a while"
 doas -u _portzap "${git}" config core.filemode off
+doas -u root /bin/chmod -R ${mode} "${gitdir}"
 echo "[-] git checkout ${branch}"
 if ! doas -u _portzap "${git}" \
                        checkout -t \
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull b/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull
index 1d35ce0..126a3a9 100755
--- a/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull
+++ b/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ cd "${gitdir}"
 remote=$("${git}" remote | head -n1)
 if [ "$(git branch --show-current)" != "${branch}" ]; then
     change_branch "${remote}" "${branch}"
-    echo "[-] Adjust filemode for new branch. This might take a while"
+    echo "[-] Adjust filemode. This might take a while"
     doas -u root /bin/chmod -R "${mode}" "${gitdir}"
 fi
 set -x
diff --git a/share/portzap/doas.conf b/share/portzap/doas.conf
index 5d0e9fa..bdb2b97 100644
--- a/share/portzap/doas.conf
+++ b/share/portzap/doas.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 # portzap
 permit nopass root as _portzap cmd /usr/local/bin/git
 permit nopass :_portzap as _portzap cmd /usr/local/bin/git
-permit nopass :_portzap as root cmd /bin/chmod args -R u=rwX,g=rwX,o= /home/_portzap/ports
-permit nopass :_portzap as root cmd /bin/chmod args -R u=rwX,g=rwX,o= /home/_portzap/ports/.git
+permit nopass :_portzap as root cmd /bin/chmod args -R ug=rwX,o= /home/_portzap/ports
+permit nopass :_portzap as root cmd /bin/chmod args -R ug=rwX,o= /home/_portzap/ports/.git
 permit nopass :_portzap as root cmd /usr/sbin/chown args -R _portzap:_portzap /home/_portzap/ports/.git