diff --git a/script/local.py b/script/local.py
index 8f9d444..6632ad7 100644
--- a/script/local.py
+++ b/script/local.py
@@ -183,12 +183,14 @@ def set_user_env(user, exp, path="/sls/X04SA/data/x04sa/ES3/expdata"):
     """
     set_setting(USER_NAME_PREFERENCE, user)
     set_setting(USER_EXP_PREFERENCE, exp)
-    set_setting(DATA_ROOT_PREFERENCE, path)    
-    set_data_path(path + "/" +user + "/" +exp)    
+    set_setting(DATA_ROOT_PREFERENCE, path)  
+    data_path = path + "/" +user + "/" +exp  
+    set_data_path(data_path)    
+    
     #pixel.set_path(path, user + "/" +exp + "/images")
     pixel.set_path("../../expdata/" + user  + "/" +exp, "images")
     if not os.path.exists(pixel.get_full_path()):
-        os.makedirs(pixel.get_full_path())    
+        os.makedirs(pixel.get_full_path(), mode = 777)    
     
     
 def get_user_env():