diff --git a/check_permissions.sh b/check_permissions.sh
index d4d3503..a8fbf9c 100755
--- a/check_permissions.sh
+++ b/check_permissions.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ declare SEARCH_DIRS=
 declare     VERBOSE=0
 declare PRINT_FILES=0
 declare  PRINT_DIRS=0
-declare -r FILE_PERMS="! -perm -664"
-declare -r  DIR_PERMS="! -perm 775"
+declare -r FILE_PERMS=664
+declare -r  DIR_PERMS=775
 
 
 function print_usage {
@@ -68,20 +68,20 @@ for arg in $@; do
 done
 
 echo "# Searching for directories which do not match '$DIR_PERMS' ..." 
-WRONG_DIRS=(`find $SEARCH_DIRS -type d $DIR_PERMS -print`)
-echo "# Searching for files which do not match '$FILE_PERMS' ..." 
-WRONG_FILES=(`find $SEARCH_DIRS -type f $FILE_PERMS -print`)
+WRONG_DIRS=(`find $SEARCH_DIRS -type d ! -perm $DIR_PERMS -print`)
+echo "# Searching for files which do not match at least '$FILE_PERMS' ..." 
+WRONG_FILES=(`find $SEARCH_DIRS -type f ! -perm -$FILE_PERMS -print`)
 
 
 if [[ $PRINT_FILES -eq 1 ]]; then
 echo "# ** directories with wrong permissions:"
 for dir in ${WRONG_DIRS[@]}; do
-    echo $dir
+    echo -e "$dir\t\t$(stat -c "%a" $dir)"
 done
 
 echo "# ** files with wrong permissions:"
 for file in ${WRONG_FILES[@]}; do
-    echo $file
+    echo -e "$file\t\t$(stat -c "%a" $file)"
 done
 fi