diff --git a/update_amda/cp2amda b/update_amda/cp2amda
index 3310f19..62ca38b 100755
--- a/update_amda/cp2amda
+++ b/update_amda/cp2amda
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ if [ -f "$AMDAINTERNALDIR/ParamTemplateList.xml" ]; then
    cp $AMDAINTERNALDIR/ParamTemplateList.xml $ParamTemplate
 fi
 
-# copy all parameter desctiptions 
+# copy all parameter descriptions 
 if [ ! -d "$PARAMS_LOCALDB_DIR" ]; then
-	mkdir $PARAMS_LOCALDB_DIR
+	mkdir -m 775 $PARAMS_LOCALDB_DIR
 fi  
 cp $NEWMETA/final/*.xml  $PARAMS_LOCALDB_DIR
 
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