diff --git a/e107_languages/English/lan_installer.php b/e107_languages/English/lan_installer.php
index 8def8c2eb..e666cb5bc 100644
--- a/e107_languages/English/lan_installer.php
+++ b/e107_languages/English/lan_installer.php
@@ -180,5 +180,7 @@ define("LANINS_121", "e107_config.php is not an empty file");
 define("LANINS_122", "You might have an existing installation");
 define("LANINS_123", "Optional: Your public name or alias. Leave blank to use the user name");
 define("LANINS_124", "Please choose a password of at least 8 characters");
+define("LANINS_125", "e107 has been installed successfully!");
+define("LANINS_126", "For security reasons you should now set the file permissions on the e107_config.php file back to 644.");
 
 				
diff --git a/install_.php b/install_.php
index a0b5f516b..86f4866f2 100644
--- a/install_.php
+++ b/install_.php
@@ -1153,7 +1153,8 @@ class e_install
 				$alertType = 'success';
 				$this->logLine('Tables created successfully');
 				$this->import_configuration();
-				$page = nl2br(LANINS_069)."<br />";
+				$page = nl2br(LANINS_125)."<br />";
+				$page .= (is_writable('e107_config.php')) ? "<br />".str_replace("e107_config.php","<b>e107_config.php</b>",LANINS_126) : "";
 				
 				if($htaccessError)
 				{
@@ -1168,6 +1169,7 @@ class e_install
 		$this->logLine('Stage 8 completed');
 
 		e107::getMessage()->reset();
+		e107::getMessage()->resetSession();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1636,6 +1638,7 @@ class e_install
 			return nl2br(LANINS_070);
 		}
 		@fclose ($fp);
+		@chmod($e107_config,0644); // correct permissions. 
 		return false;
 	}