diff --git a/debtap b/debtap
index 962e566..4c74c25 100755
--- a/debtap
+++ b/debtap
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ elif [[ "$1" == "-u" ]] || [[ "$1" = "--u" ]] || [[ "$1" == "-update" ]] || [[ "
             echo -e "${red}Error: You must run this command with root privileges${NC}"; exit 1
         else
             mkdir -p /var/cache/debtap 2> /dev/null
+            chmod 755 /var/cache/debtap
             echo -e "${lightgreen}==>${NC} ${bold}Synchronizing pkgfile database...${normal}"
             pkgfile -u
             if [[ $(echo $?) != 0 ]]; then
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ elif [[ "$1" == "-u" ]] || [[ "$1" = "--u" ]] || [[ "$1" == "-update" ]] || [[ "
                     if [[ $(echo $?) != 0 ]]; then
                         echo -e "${red}Downloading failed. Exiting...${NC}"; exit 1
                     else
+                        chmod 644 /var/cache/debtap/*
                         echo -e "${lightgreen}==>${NC} ${bold}All steps successfully completed!${normal}"; exit 0
                     fi
                 fi
@@ -3515,7 +3517,7 @@ if [ -e preinst ] || [ -e postinst ] || [ -e prerm ] || [ -e postrm ]; then
     IFS=$'\n'
     if [ -e preinst ] && [ -e postinst ]; then
 	echo "pre_install() {" > tempfile
-	grep -iv '#!\|automatically\|added\|generated' preinst | while read line; do
+	grep -iv '#!\|automatically\|added\|generated' preinst | while read -r line; do
 	    echo "    $line" | sed s'/        /    /g' >> tempfile
 	done
 	echo "}" >> tempfile
@@ -3525,7 +3527,7 @@ if [ -e preinst ] || [ -e postinst ] || [ -e prerm ] || [ -e postrm ]; then
 	elif [ $(grep '^depend' .PKGINFO | grep -q gtk; echo $?) -eq 0 ]; then
 	    echo '    gtk-update-icon-cache -q -t -f usr/share/icons/hicolor' >> tempfile
 	fi
-	grep -iv '#!\|automatically\|added\|generated' postinst | while read line; do
+	grep -iv '#!\|automatically\|added\|generated' postinst | while read -r line; do
 	    echo "    $line" | sed s'/        /    /g' >> tempfile
 	done
 	if [ $(grep '^depend' .PKGINFO | grep -q 'qt\|gtk'; echo $?) -eq 0 ]; then
@@ -3540,7 +3542,7 @@ if [ -e preinst ] || [ -e postinst ] || [ -e prerm ] || [ -e postrm ]; then
 	echo "}" >> tempfile
     elif [ -e preinst ] && [ ! -e postinst ]; then
 	echo "pre_install() {" > tempfile
-	grep -iv '#!\|automatically\|added\|generated' preinst | while read line; do
+	grep -iv '#!\|automatically\|added\|generated' preinst | while read -r line; do
 	    echo "    $line" | sed s'/        /    /g' >> tempfile
 	done
 	echo "}" >> tempfile
@@ -3554,7 +3556,7 @@ if [ -e preinst ] || [ -e postinst ] || [ -e prerm ] || [ -e postrm ]; then
 	elif [ $(grep '^depend' .PKGINFO | grep -q gtk; echo $?) -eq 0 ]; then
 	    echo '    gtk-update-icon-cache -q -t -f usr/share/icons/hicolor' >> tempfile
 	fi
-	grep -iv '#!\|automatically\|added\|generated' postinst | while read line; do
+	grep -iv '#!\|automatically\|added\|generated' postinst | while read -r line; do
 	    echo "    $line" | sed s'/        /    /g' >> tempfile
 	done
 	if [ $(grep '^depend' .PKGINFO | grep -q 'qt\|gtk'; echo $?) -eq 0 ]; then
@@ -3568,7 +3570,7 @@ if [ -e preinst ] || [ -e postinst ] || [ -e prerm ] || [ -e postrm ]; then
 
     if [ -e prerm ]; then
 	echo -e "\npre_remove() {" >> tempfile
-	grep -iv '#!\|automatically\|added\|generated' prerm | while read line; do
+	grep -iv '#!\|automatically\|added\|generated' prerm | while read -r line; do
 	    echo "    $line" | sed s'/        /    /g' >> tempfile
 	done
 	echo "}" >> tempfile
@@ -3581,7 +3583,7 @@ if [ -e preinst ] || [ -e postinst ] || [ -e prerm ] || [ -e postrm ]; then
 	elif [ $(grep '^depend' .PKGINFO | grep -q gtk; echo $?) -eq 0 ]; then
 	    echo '    gtk-update-icon-cache -q -t -f usr/share/icons/hicolor' >> tempfile
 	fi
-	grep -iv '#!\|automatically\|added\|generated' postrm | while read line; do
+	grep -iv '#!\|automatically\|added\|generated' postrm | while read -r line; do
 	    echo "    $line" | sed s'/        /    /g' >> tempfile
 	done
 	if [ $(grep '^depend' .PKGINFO | grep -q 'qt\|gtk'; echo $?) -eq 0 ]; then