diff --git a/src/electron/electron/handler.cljs b/src/electron/electron/handler.cljs
index e17f4b73c1..957242e050 100644
--- a/src/electron/electron/handler.cljs
+++ b/src/electron/electron/handler.cljs
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@
     (catch :default _e
       false)))
 
+(defn chmod-enabled?
+  []
+  (if (= nil (cfgs/get-item :feature/enable-automatic-chmod?))
+    true
+    (cfgs/get-item :feature/enable-automatic-chmod?)))
+
 (defmethod handle :copyFile [_window [_ _repo from-path to-path]]
   (logger/info ::copy-file from-path to-path)
   (fs-extra/copy from-path to-path))
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@
                       (.from Buf content)
                       content)]
     (try
-      (when (and (fs/existsSync path) (not (writable? path)))
+      (when (and (chmod-enabled?) (fs/existsSync path) (not (writable? path)))
         (fs/chmodSync path "644"))
       (fs/writeFileSync path content)
       (fs/statSync path)
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/components/settings.cljs b/src/main/frontend/components/settings.cljs
index 23aeabb9fd..6f790324f1 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/components/settings.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/components/settings.cljs
@@ -601,6 +601,20 @@
    {:left-label (t :settings-page/network-proxy)
     :action (user-proxy-settings agent-opts)}))
 
+(rum/defcs auto-chmod-row < rum/reactive
+  [state t]
+  (let [enabled? (if (= nil (state/sub [:electron/user-cfgs :feature/enable-automatic-chmod?]))
+                   true
+                   (state/sub [:electron/user-cfgs :feature/enable-automatic-chmod?]))]
+    (toggle
+     "automatic-chmod"
+     (t :settings-page/auto-chmod)
+     enabled?
+     #(do
+       (state/set-state! [:electron/user-cfgs :feature/enable-automatic-chmod?] (not enabled?))
+       (ipc/ipc :userAppCfgs :feature/enable-automatic-chmod? (not enabled?)))
+     [:span.text-sm.opacity-50 (t :settings-page/auto-chmod-desc)])))
+
 (defn filename-format-row []
   (row-with-button-action
    {:left-label (t :settings-page/filename-format)
@@ -709,6 +723,7 @@
      (usage-diagnostics-row t instrument-disabled?)
      (when-not (mobile-util/native-platform?) (developer-mode-row t developer-mode?))
      (when (util/electron?) (https-user-agent-row https-agent-opts))
+     (when (util/electron?) (auto-chmod-row t))
      (when (and (util/electron?) (not (config/demo-graph? current-repo))) (filename-format-row))
      (clear-cache-row t)
 
diff --git a/src/resources/dicts/en.edn b/src/resources/dicts/en.edn
index 2ccf37998f..e43f3bc987 100644
--- a/src/resources/dicts/en.edn
+++ b/src/resources/dicts/en.edn
@@ -351,6 +351,8 @@
  :settings-page/update-error-2 " Please check out the "
  :settings-permission/start-granting "Grant"
 
+ :settings-page/auto-chmod "Automatically change file permissions"
+ :settings-page/auto-chmod-desc "Disable to allow editing by multiple users with permissions granted by group membership."
  :yes "Yes"
 
  :submit "Submit"