diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e5ee1375..3b70addf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
  (Format: Year/Month/Day)
 Changes for 1.0rc3:
 *06/10/27:
+   * Changed mode for .fluxbox/startup to 644 (Mathias)
+     some people on noexec-mounted partitions ran into problems
+     util/startfluxbox.in
+   * Small updates to the asciidoc-docs (Mathias)
    * Cosmetic patch from Slave Semushin
      Slit.cc Screen.cc Keys.cc main.cc ToolbarTheme.cc FbTk/MultLayers.cc
      FbTk/Transparent.cc FbTk/Resource.cc FbTk/Theme.cc FbTk/XLayer.cc
diff --git a/util/startfluxbox.in b/util/startfluxbox.in
index 4209be9c..9d3c290d 100755
--- a/util/startfluxbox.in
+++ b/util/startfluxbox.in
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@ exec @pkgbindir@/@pkgprefix@fluxbox@pkgsuffix@
 EOF
     ) > "$startup"
     fi
-    chmod 755 "$startup"
+    chmod 644 "$startup"
     exec "$startup"
 fi