diff --git a/repos/os/include/vfs/types.h b/repos/os/include/vfs/types.h
index a004162ed..b8718d616 100644
--- a/repos/os/include/vfs/types.h
+++ b/repos/os/include/vfs/types.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace Vfs {
 		                                 .executable = true }; }
 
 		static Node_rwx rwx() { return { .readable   = true,
-		                                 .writeable  = false,
+		                                 .writeable  = true,
 		                                 .executable = true }; }
 	};