diff --git a/2_multiple_job_steps/multiple_job_steps.sh b/2_multiple_job_steps/multiple_job_steps.sh
index fa10b1c1a78c65acd4ae3b69c51a8534409540bc..5cb6614a70a84e3a4e51842474ab097b21bc5b44 100644
--- a/2_multiple_job_steps/multiple_job_steps.sh
+++ b/2_multiple_job_steps/multiple_job_steps.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ temporary_folder=/local/data1/${USER}
 working_folder=${temporary_folder}/${SLURM_JOB_ID}
 
 # Step 1 - Create a temporary folder to store data in.
-srun --cpus-per-task=1 mkdir -v -p ${working_folder}
+srun --cpus-per-task=1 mkdir -v -m 700 -p ${working_folder}
 
 # Step 2 - Copy indata to the temporary folder.
 srun --cpus-per-task=1 cp -v ${PWD}/../data/${file} ${working_folder}