diff --git a/coreutils/cp.c b/coreutils/cp.c
index 4004858..1957fc4 100644
--- a/coreutils/cp.c
+++ b/coreutils/cp.c
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ char *make_path(const char *src, const char *dst) {
 	return full_path;
 }
 
-int write_buffer(int ifd, int ofd, const char *dst) {
+int write_buffer(int mode, int ifd, int ofd, const char *dst) {
 	off_t len = lseek(ifd, 0, SEEK_END);
 	if (len < 0)
 		return 1;
 
 	else if (len == 0) {
-		int fd = open(dst, O_CREAT | O_RDONLY, 0666);
+		int fd = open(dst, O_CREAT | O_RDONLY, mode);
 		if (fd < 0)
 			return 1;
 
@@ -55,18 +55,18 @@ int write_buffer(int ifd, int ofd, const char *dst) {
 
 }
 
-int copy(const char *src, const char *dst) {
+int copy(int mode, const char *src, const char *dst) {
 	int ifd = open(src, O_RDONLY);
 	if (ifd < 0)
 		return 1;
 
-	int ofd = open(dst, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_RDWR, 0644);
+	int ofd = open(dst, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_RDWR, mode);
 	if (ofd < 0) {
 		close(ifd);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (write_buffer(ifd, ofd, dst))
+	if (write_buffer(mode, ifd, ofd, dst))
 		fprintf(stderr, "cp: (%s %s) %s\n", src, dst, strerror(errno));
 
 	close(ifd);
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int cptree(const char *src, const char *dst) {
 		return 1;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(stat_path.st_mode) == 0) {
-		if (copy(src, dst)) {
+		if (copy(stat_path.st_mode, src, dst)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "cp: %s: copy() failed (%s)\n", src, strerror(errno));
 			return 1;
 		}