diff --git a/atlasing/anatomical/animaBuildAnatomicalAtlas.py b/atlasing/anatomical/animaBuildAnatomicalAtlas.py
index cf011fd..2d06312 100755
--- a/atlasing/anatomical/animaBuildAnatomicalAtlas.py
+++ b/atlasing/anatomical/animaBuildAnatomicalAtlas.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         myfile.write("\n")
 
     myfile.close()
-    os.chmod(fileName, 0755)
+    os.chmod(fileName, stat.S_IRWXU)
 
     oarRunCommand = ["oarsub"]
     if previousMergeId == 0:
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
         myfile.write("\n")
 
     myfile.close()
-    os.chmod(fileName, 0755)
+    os.chmod(fileName, stat.S_IRWXU)
 
     oarRunCommand = ["oarsub","-n","merge-" + str(k),"-S",os.getcwd() + "/mergeRun_" + str(k)]
 
diff --git a/atlasing/anatomical_iterative_centroid/animaBuildAnatomicalICAtlas.py b/atlasing/anatomical_iterative_centroid/animaBuildAnatomicalICAtlas.py
index 6c47f72..d86f85b 100755
--- a/atlasing/anatomical_iterative_centroid/animaBuildAnatomicalICAtlas.py
+++ b/atlasing/anatomical_iterative_centroid/animaBuildAnatomicalICAtlas.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         myfile.write("\n")
 
     myfile.close()
-    os.chmod(fileName, 0755)
+    os.chmod(fileName, stat.S_IRWXU)
 
     oarRunCommand = ["oarsub"]
     if previousMergeId == 0:
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
                  " -a $OAR_ARRAY_INDEX \n")
 
     myfile.close()
-    os.chmod(fileName, 0755)
+    os.chmod(fileName, stat.S_IRWXU)
 
     oarRunCommand = ["oarsub","-n","bch-" + str(k),"-S",os.getcwd() + "/bchRun_" + str(k), "-a", str(previousRegId)]
     
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
                  " -c " + str(args.num_cores) + "\n")
 
     myfile.close()
-    os.chmod(fileName, 0755)
+    os.chmod(fileName, stat.S_IRWXU)
 
     oarRunCommand = ["oarsub"]
     for jobId in jobsIds:
diff --git a/atlasing/dti/animaBuildDTIAtlas.py b/atlasing/dti/animaBuildDTIAtlas.py
index aee3731..e3d4117 100755
--- a/atlasing/dti/animaBuildDTIAtlas.py
+++ b/atlasing/dti/animaBuildDTIAtlas.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         myfile.write("\n")
 
     myfile.close()
-    os.chmod(fileName, 0755)
+    os.chmod(fileName, stat.S_IRWXU)
 
     oarRunCommand = ["oarsub"]
     if previousMergeId == 0:
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
         myfile.write("\n")
 
     myfile.close()
-    os.chmod(fileName, 0755)
+    os.chmod(fileName, stat.S_IRWXU)
 
     oarRunCommand = ["oarsub","-n","merge-" + str(k),"-S",os.getcwd() + "/mergeRun_" + str(k)]