diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 122214a..de1bf88 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "zealot"
 description = "Bit Goblin automated video transcoding service."
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.2.4"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD 2-Clause"
diff --git a/src/transcoder/repository.rs b/src/transcoder/repository.rs
index 9b0c325..98fc899 100644
--- a/src/transcoder/repository.rs
+++ b/src/transcoder/repository.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ impl Repository {
     match fs::copy(&ingest_file, &archive_file) {
       Ok(_) => {
         info!("Archiving video file {}.", ingest_file.to_str().unwrap());
-        copy_file_times(ingest_file.to_str().unwrap(), archive_file.to_str().unwrap());
+        copy_file_metadata(ingest_file.to_str().unwrap(), archive_file.to_str().unwrap());
       },
       Err(e) => {
         error!("Error archiving file {}: {}", ingest_file.to_str().unwrap(), e);
@@ -93,13 +93,15 @@ fn create_directory(path: &str) {
   }
 }
 
-fn copy_file_times(old_file: &str, new_file: &str) {
+fn copy_file_metadata(old_file: &str, new_file: &str) {
   // grab old file metadata
   let old_metadata = fs::metadata(old_file).unwrap();
+  let old_permissions = old_metadata.permissions();
   let mtime = FileTime::from_last_modification_time(&old_metadata);
   let atime = FileTime::from_last_access_time(&old_metadata);
 
   // set metadata on the new file
   let new_path = Path::new(new_file);
+  fs::set_permissions(new_file, old_permissions).expect("Failed to set new file permissions.");
   filetime::set_file_times(new_path, atime, mtime).expect("Failed to set atime and mtime.");
 }