diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 149089f9..1e54113d 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ var enabled = {
     prettyPug: !argv.production,
     cachify: !argv.production,
     cleanup: argv.production,
+    chmod: argv.production,
 };
 
 var destination = {
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ gulp.task('scripts', function() {
         .pipe(gulpif(enabled.uglify, uglify()))
         .pipe(rename({suffix: '.min'}))
         .pipe(gulpif(enabled.maps, sourcemaps.write(".")))
-        .pipe(chmod(644))
+        .pipe(gulpif(enabled.chmod, chmod(644)))
         .pipe(gulp.dest(destination.js))
         .pipe(gulpif(argv.livereload, livereload()));
 });
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ gulp.task('scripts_concat_tutti', function() {
         .pipe(concat("tutti.min.js"))
         .pipe(gulpif(enabled.uglify, uglify()))
         .pipe(gulpif(enabled.maps, sourcemaps.write(".")))
-        .pipe(chmod(644))
+        .pipe(gulpif(enabled.chmod, chmod(644)))
         .pipe(gulp.dest(destination.js))
         .pipe(gulpif(argv.livereload, livereload()));
 });
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ gulp.task('scripts_concat_markdown', function() {
         .pipe(concat("markdown.min.js"))
         .pipe(gulpif(enabled.uglify, uglify()))
         .pipe(gulpif(enabled.maps, sourcemaps.write(".")))
-        .pipe(chmod(644))
+        .pipe(gulpif(enabled.chmod, chmod(644)))
         .pipe(gulp.dest(destination.js))
         .pipe(gulpif(argv.livereload, livereload()));
 });