diff --git a/bin/start b/bin/start
index 0683cd0..a717356 100755
--- a/bin/start
+++ b/bin/start
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 mkdir -p crash-reports/ dumps/
 touch banned-ips.json banned-ips.json.backup banned-players.json banned-players.json.backup ops.json ops.json.backup usercache.json whitelist.json whitelist.json.backup
 echo "$PRIVATE_KEY" > .ssh/id_rsa
-chmod 400 $(find . ! -path ".*" -type f)
+chmod 400 $(find . ! -path "*/.*" -type f)
 chmod -R 500 crash-reports/ dumps/ plugins/bStats/ plugins/PluginMetrics/ plugins/ProtocolLib/ plugins/Updater/
 chmod -R 755 reset/worlds/world/region/
 rsync -Waqz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -T -c aes256-ctr -o Compression=no -x" --exclude-from="bin/excludes" serv@kaboom.pw:sync/ .