diff --git a/config/tendermint/config.go b/config/tendermint/config.go
index a955cb80f..ea5702153 100644
--- a/config/tendermint/config.go
+++ b/config/tendermint/config.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func getTMRoot(rootDir string) string {
 
 func initTMRoot(rootDir string) {
 	rootDir = getTMRoot(rootDir)
-	EnsureDir(rootDir)
+	EnsureDir(rootDir, 0700)
 
 	configFilePath := path.Join(rootDir, "config.toml")
 
diff --git a/config/tendermint_test/config.go b/config/tendermint_test/config.go
index 1a7754c71..2bbcb3d80 100644
--- a/config/tendermint_test/config.go
+++ b/config/tendermint_test/config.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func getTMRoot(rootDir string) string {
 
 func initTMRoot(rootDir string) {
 	rootDir = getTMRoot(rootDir)
-	EnsureDir(rootDir)
+	EnsureDir(rootDir, 0700)
 
 	configFilePath := path.Join(rootDir, "config.toml")
 	genesisFilePath := path.Join(rootDir, "genesis.json")