diff --git a/UpdaterWindow.cpp b/UpdaterWindow.cpp
index 32b994d8..96fecbb6 100644
--- a/UpdaterWindow.cpp
+++ b/UpdaterWindow.cpp
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ void UpdaterWindow::replyFinished(QNetworkReply * reply)
                                 } while (!line.isNull());
                             } else {
                                 QString fn=files.at(i).section("/",-1);
+                                QFile::Permissions perm=orig.permissions(apppath+fn);
+
                                 // delete backups
                                 if (f.exists(backups+fn)) f.remove(backups+fn);
                                 // rename (move) current file to backup
@@ -383,6 +385,7 @@ void UpdaterWindow::replyFinished(QNetworkReply * reply)
                                 f.open(QFile::WriteOnly);
                                 f.write(ba);
                                 f.close();
+                                f.setPermissions(perm);
                             }
                         }
                         if (bar) {
diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index 0bafd5db..ca719f30 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1155,11 +1155,12 @@ void MainWindow::RestartApplication(bool force_login)
         QStringList args;
         args << "-n"; // -n option is important, as it opens a new process
         args << apppath;
-        args << "--args";
-        args << "-p";
+
+        args << "--args"; // SleepyHead binary options after this
+        args << "-p"; // -p starts with 1 second delay, to give this process time to save..
+
 
         if (force_login) args << "-l";
-        // -p starts with 1 second delay, to give this process time to save..
 
         if (QProcess::startDetached("/usr/bin/open",args)) {
             QApplication::instance()->exit();