diff --git a/chmod b/chmod
index b87f8d03..aefd01cb 100755
--- a/chmod
+++ b/chmod
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 # access.
 ## THIS SCRIPT HAS MOVED TO SHELL-THINGS AS "chmod"!
 ## https://raw.github.com/Mkaysi/shell-things/master/chmod
+set -x
 
-GROUP=`id -gn`
+GROUP=$(id -gn)
 
-wwwdata=`head -n1 wwwuser`
+wwwdata=$(head -n1 wwwuser)
 
-setfacl=`locate setfacl|grep bin|head -n1`
+setfacl=$(locate setfacl|grep bin|head -n1)
 
 chmod g-rwx,o-rwx $HOME -R
 
@@ -21,13 +22,15 @@ touch ~/.ICEauthority
 chmod o-rw+x,g-rw+x ~
 
 mkdir -p ~/public_html/
-chmod o+rx-w,g+rxw ~/public_html/ -R
+chmod -R 755 ~/public_html/
 
 touch ~/.face
 touch ~/.forward
+touch ~/.netrc
 echo ""
 chmod a+r-wx,u+rw ~/.face
 chmod a+r-wx,u+rw ~/.forward
+chmod 600 ~/.netrc
 
 if [[ -f $setfacl ]]; then
 setfacl -R -m u:$wwwdata:rwx ~/public_html