diff --git a/archinstall/lib/configuration.py b/archinstall/lib/configuration.py
index c21b1447de..aa04a53369 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/configuration.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/configuration.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import json
-import os
 import readline
 import stat
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -117,14 +116,14 @@ def save_user_config(self, dest_path: Path) -> None:
 		if self._is_valid_path(dest_path):
 			target = dest_path / self._user_config_file
 			target.write_text(self.user_config_to_json())
-			os.chmod(target, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IRGRP)
+			target.chmod(stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IRGRP)
 
 	def save_user_creds(self, dest_path: Path) -> None:
 		if self._is_valid_path(dest_path):
 			if user_creds := self.user_credentials_to_json():
 				target = dest_path / self._user_creds_file
 				target.write_text(user_creds)
-				os.chmod(target, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IRGRP)
+				target.chmod(stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IRGRP)
 
 	def save(self, dest_path: Path | None = None) -> None:
 		dest_path = dest_path or self._default_save_path
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/general.py b/archinstall/lib/general.py
index df8bba5143..4d01f78741 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/general.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/general.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def peak(self, output: str | bytes) -> bool:
 				peek_output_log.write(str(output))
 
 			if change_perm:
-				os.chmod(str(peak_logfile), stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IRGRP)
+				peak_logfile.chmod(stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IRGRP)
 
 			sys.stdout.write(str(output))
 			sys.stdout.flush()
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ def execute(self) -> bool:
 					cmd_log.write(f"{time.time()} {self.cmd}\n")
 
 				if change_perm:
-					os.chmod(str(history_logfile), stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IRGRP)
+					history_logfile.chmod(stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IRGRP)
 			except (PermissionError, FileNotFoundError):
 				# If history_logfile does not exist, ignore the error
 				pass