diff --git a/buildroot-external/overlay/WebUI/etc/init.d/S70ReGaHss b/buildroot-external/overlay/WebUI/etc/init.d/S70ReGaHss
index 22910f150d..6839cef32f 100755
--- a/buildroot-external/overlay/WebUI/etc/init.d/S70ReGaHss
+++ b/buildroot-external/overlay/WebUI/etc/init.d/S70ReGaHss
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ start() {
   echo -n "Starting ReGaHss: "
   init
 
+  # make sure ReGaHss will run on umask 0027 per default
+  umask 0027
+
   # adjust the oom score (which is inherited by start-stop-daemon)
   # to ensure that others are killed first in case of low memory situations
   echo -900 >/proc/$$/oom_score_adj 2>/dev/null