diff --git a/kernel/src/fs/devices/Serial.cpp b/kernel/src/fs/devices/Serial.cpp
index d1e2785a..b8675fff 100644
--- a/kernel/src/fs/devices/Serial.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/fs/devices/Serial.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ VFS::Node* SerialDevice::create_new(const char* devname)
     dev->type = VFS_DEVICE;
     dev->flags = 0;
     dev->uid = dev->gid = 0;
-    dev->mode = 0200;
+    dev->mode = 0222;
     dev->atime = dev->ctime = dev->mtime = clock_boot();
     strncpy(dev->name, devname, sizeof(dev->name));
     return dev;