diff --git a/config.hjson b/config.hjson
index 4dfdc13..794ea98 100644
--- a/config.hjson
+++ b/config.hjson
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    version: 0.34.4
+    version: 0.34.5
     global_modules: false //disables global modules loading (only looks up for modules in cwd)
     minify: true
     compress: true
diff --git a/lib/eli/fs.lua b/lib/eli/fs.lua
index 31928c6..11d0674 100644
--- a/lib/eli/fs.lua
+++ b/lib/eli/fs.lua
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ function fs.copy_file(src, dst, options)
 		"Invalid type of destination! (Has to be string or file*)")
 
 	options = _util.merge_tables({ binaryMode = true }, options, true)
+	local file_info = fs.file_info(src)
+	local permissions = (file_info or {}).permissions or "rw-r--r--"
 	---@type file*, file*
 	local srcf, dstf
 	if type(src) == "string" then
@@ -96,6 +98,9 @@ function fs.copy_file(src, dst, options)
 	end
 	if type(src) == "string" then srcf:close() end
 	if type(dst) == "string" then dstf:close() end
+	if type(dst) == "string" then
+		fs.chmod(dst, permissions)
+	end
 end
 
 ---@class FsCopyoptions
@@ -129,7 +134,9 @@ function fs.copy(src, dst, options)
 			if fs.exists(dstFile) and fs.file_type(dstFile) ~= "directory" then
 				error"Cannot copy directory to file!"
 			end
+			local file_info = fs.file_info(srcFile) or {}
 			fs.mkdirp(dstFile)
+			fs.chmod(dstFile, file_info.permissions)
 		elseif not fs.exists(dstFile) or options.overwrite then
 			fs.mkdirp(_eliPath.dir(dstFile))
 			fs.copy_file(_eliPath.combine(src, srcFile) --[[@as string]], dstFile, options)
diff --git a/lib/init.lua b/lib/init.lua
index 68596db..183ee66 100644
--- a/lib/init.lua
+++ b/lib/init.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-ELI_LIB_VERSION = '0.34.3'
-ELI_VERSION = '0.34.3'
+ELI_LIB_VERSION = '0.34.5'
+ELI_VERSION = '0.34.5'
 do
 	local path = require"eli.path"
 	local _eos = require"eli.os"
diff --git a/lib/tests/assets/test.bin b/lib/tests/assets/test.bin
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/lib/tests/fs.lua b/lib/tests/fs.lua
index 28eeac1..017dc15 100644
--- a/lib/tests/fs.lua
+++ b/lib/tests/fs.lua
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ test["copy file (path)"] = function ()
 	local _ok, _hash = eliFs.safe_hash_file("assets/test.file", { type = "sha256", hex = true })
 	test.assert(_ok, _hash)
 	local _ok, _hash2 =
-		eliFs.safe_hash_file("tmp/test.file", { type = "sha256", hex = true })
+	   eliFs.safe_hash_file("tmp/test.file", { type = "sha256", hex = true })
 	test.assert(_ok, _hash)
 	test.assert(_hash == _hash2, "hashes do not match (" .. tostring(_hash) .. "<>" .. tostring(_hash2) .. ")")
 end
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ test["copy file (mixed)"] = function ()
 	test.assert(_hash == _hash2, "hashes do not match (" .. tostring(_hash) .. "<>" .. tostring(_hash2) .. ")")
 end
 
+test["copy file (permissions)"] = function ()
+	local _ok, _error = eliFs.safe_copy_file("assets/test.bin",
+		"tmp/test.bin")
+	test.assert(_ok, _error)
+	local info = eliFs.file_info"assets/test.bin"
+	local info2 = eliFs.file_info"tmp/test.bin"
+	test.assert(info.permissions == info2.permissions, "permissions do not match")
+end
+
 test["copy (file)"] = function ()
 	local _ok, _error = eliFs.safe_copy("assets/test.file",
 		"tmp/test.file")
@@ -72,7 +81,7 @@ test["copy (file)"] = function ()
 	local _ok, _hash = eliFs.safe_hash_file("assets/test.file", { type = "sha256", hex = true })
 	test.assert(_ok, _hash)
 	local _ok, _hash2 =
-		eliFs.safe_hash_file("tmp/test.file", { type = "sha256", hex = true })
+	   eliFs.safe_hash_file("tmp/test.file", { type = "sha256", hex = true })
 	test.assert(_ok, _hash)
 	test.assert(_hash == _hash2, "hashes do not match (" .. tostring(_hash) .. "<>" .. tostring(_hash2) .. ")")
 end
@@ -94,7 +103,7 @@ test["copy (directory)"] = function ()
 		test.assert(_ok, _hash)
 		local destFilePath = eliPath.combine(DEST_DIR, filePath)
 		local _ok, _hash2 =
-			eliFs.safe_hash_file(destFilePath, { type = "sha256", hex = true })
+		   eliFs.safe_hash_file(destFilePath, { type = "sha256", hex = true })
 		test.assert(_ok, _hash)
 		test.assert(_hash == _hash2, "hashes do not match (" .. tostring(_hash) .. "<>" .. tostring(_hash2) .. ")")
 		::continue::
@@ -119,7 +128,7 @@ test["copy (directory - overwrite)"] = function ()
 		test.assert(_ok, _hash)
 		local destFilePath = eliPath.combine(DEST_DIR, filePath)
 		local _ok, _hash2 =
-			eliFs.safe_hash_file(destFilePath, { type = "sha256", hex = true })
+		   eliFs.safe_hash_file(destFilePath, { type = "sha256", hex = true })
 		test.assert(_ok, _hash)
 		test.assert(_hash == _hash2, "hashes do not match (" .. tostring(_hash) .. "<>" .. tostring(_hash2) .. ")")
 		::continue::
@@ -136,7 +145,7 @@ test["copy (directory - overwrite)"] = function ()
 		test.assert(_ok, _hash)
 		local destFilePath = eliPath.combine(DEST_DIR, filePath)
 		local _ok, _hash2 =
-			eliFs.safe_hash_file(destFilePath, { type = "sha256", hex = true })
+		   eliFs.safe_hash_file(destFilePath, { type = "sha256", hex = true })
 		test.assert(_ok, _hash)
 		test.assert(_hash == _hash2, "hashes do not match (" .. tostring(_hash) .. "<>" .. tostring(_hash2) .. ")")
 		::continue::
@@ -154,7 +163,7 @@ test["copy (directory - overwrite)"] = function ()
 		test.assert(_ok, _hash)
 		local destFilePath = eliPath.combine(DEST_DIR, filePath)
 		local _ok, _hash2 =
-			eliFs.safe_hash_file(destFilePath, { type = "sha256", hex = true })
+		   eliFs.safe_hash_file(destFilePath, { type = "sha256", hex = true })
 		test.assert(_ok, _hash)
 		test.assert(_hash == _hash2, "hashes do not match (" .. tostring(_hash) .. "<>" .. tostring(_hash2) .. ")")
 		::continue::
@@ -401,9 +410,9 @@ end
 
 local function _external_lock(file)
 	local _cmd = (os.getenv"QEMU" or "") ..
-		" " .. arg[-1] .. " -e \"x, err = fs.lock_file('" .. file .. "','w'); " ..
-		"if etype(x) == 'ELI_FILE_LOCK' then os.exit(0); end; notAvailable = tostring(err):match('Resource temporarily unavailable') or tostring(err):match('locked a portion of the file'); " ..
-		"exitCode = notAvailable and 11 or 12; os.exit(exitCode)\""
+	   " " .. arg[-1] .. " -e \"x, err = fs.lock_file('" .. file .. "','w'); " ..
+	   "if etype(x) == 'ELI_FILE_LOCK' then os.exit(0); end; notAvailable = tostring(err):match('Resource temporarily unavailable') or tostring(err):match('locked a portion of the file'); " ..
+	   "exitCode = notAvailable and 11 or 12; os.exit(exitCode)\""
 	local _ok, _, _code = os.execute(_cmd)
 	return _ok, _code
 end