diff --git a/internal/history/history.go b/internal/history/history.go
index 59f7712..c775ea7 100644
--- a/internal/history/history.go
+++ b/internal/history/history.go
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ func Append(path string, e Entry) error {
 	if e.Timestamp.IsZero() {
 		e.Timestamp = time.Now()
 	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o755); err != nil {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o700); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o644)
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o600)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}