diff --git a/tsshbatch.py b/tsshbatch.py
index 8122a6e..64d12db 100755
--- a/tsshbatch.py
+++ b/tsshbatch.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 CMDINCL      = PROGENV + "CMDS"
 HOSTINCL     = PROGENV + "HOSTS"
 
-CVSID        = "$Id: tsshbatch.py,v 1.203 2014/12/04 23:11:50 tundra Exp $"
+CVSID        = "$Id: tsshbatch.py,v 1.204 2014/12/04 23:34:35 tundra Exp $"
 VERSION      = CVSID.split()[2]
 CPRT         = "(c)"
 PROGDATE     = "2011-2014"
@@ -356,11 +356,13 @@
                     destination += host + HOSTSEP + os.path.basename(srcfile)
                     PrintStdout(iTXFILE %  (host + ":" + srcfile, destination))
                     sftp.get(srcfile, destination)
+                    os.chmod(destination, sftp.stat(srcfile).st_mode)
 
                 else:
                     destination += os.path.basename(srcfile)
                     PrintStdout(iTXFILE %  (srcfile, host + ":" + destination))
                     sftp.put(srcfile, destination)
+                    sftp.chmod(destination, os.stat(srcfile).st_mode)
 
         sftp.close()
         ssh.close()