diff --git a/site/plugin.jelly b/site/plugin.jelly
index b73a16d5..038e8879 100644
--- a/site/plugin.jelly
+++ b/site/plugin.jelly
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 
     <!-- This needs to taken from the project properties -->
     <property name="maven.homepage" value="${siteDirectory}"/>
-
+    <echo>Creating site archive</echo>
     <tar tarfile="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.final.name}-site.tar" basedir="${docsDest}"/>
     <gzip zipfile="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.final.name}-site.tar.gz" src="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.final.name}-site.tar"/>
     <delete file="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.final.name}-site.tar"/>
@@ -173,20 +173,32 @@
         <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress} 'rm -r ${siteDirectory}'" />
       </exec>
     </j:if>
-
+    <echo>Creating remote site directory</echo>
     <!-- Make sure the destination directory exists before trying to copy -->
     <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="${maven.site.failonerror}">
       <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress} 'mkdir -p ${maven.homepage}'"/>
     </exec>
-
+    <echo>Copying site archive to the remote host</echo>
     <exec dir="${maven.build.dir}" executable="${maven.scp.executable}" failonerror="${maven.site.failonerror}">
       <arg line="${maven.scp.args} ${maven.final.name}-site.tar.gz ${siteUsername}@${siteAddress}:${maven.homepage}"/>
     </exec>
-
+    <echo>Unzipping site archive on the remote host</echo>
     <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="${maven.site.failonerror}">
-      <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress} 'cd ${maven.homepage} &amp;&amp; rm -f ${maven.final.name}-site.tar &amp;&amp; ${maven.site.gunzip.executable} ${maven.final.name}-site.tar.gz &amp;&amp; ${maven.site.tar.executable} ${maven.site.tar.options} ${maven.final.name}-site.tar &amp;&amp; chmod ${maven.site.chmod.options} ${maven.site.chmod.mode} * . &amp;&amp; rm ${maven.final.name}-site.tar'"/>
+      <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress} 'cd ${maven.homepage} &amp;&amp; ${maven.site.gunzip.executable} ${maven.site.gunzip.options} ${maven.final.name}-site.tar.gz'"/>
     </exec>
-
+    <echo>Untarring site archive on the remote host</echo>
+    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="${maven.site.failonerror}">
+      <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress} 'cd ${maven.homepage} &amp;&amp; ${maven.site.tar.executable} ${maven.site.tar.options} ${maven.final.name}-site.tar'"/>
+    </exec>
+    <echo>Updating files modes on the remote host</echo>
+    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="${maven.site.failonerror}">
+      <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress} 'cd ${maven.homepage} &amp;&amp; chmod ${maven.site.chmod.options} ${maven.site.chmod.mode} * .'"/>
+    </exec>
+    <echo>Deleting remote archive</echo>
+    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="${maven.site.failonerror}">
+      <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress} 'cd ${maven.homepage} &amp;&amp; rm ${maven.final.name}-site.tar'"/>
+    </exec>
+    <echo>Deleting local archive</echo>
     <delete file="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.final.name}-site.tar.gz"/>
 
   </goal>
diff --git a/site/plugin.properties b/site/plugin.properties
index 4756ea9f..0d54f650 100644
--- a/site/plugin.properties
+++ b/site/plugin.properties
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ maven.site.deploy.method=ssh
 maven.site.tar.executable=tar
 maven.site.tar.options=xvf
 maven.site.gunzip.executable=gunzip
+maven.site.gunzip.options=-fn
 maven.site.chmod.options=-Rf
-maven.site.chmod.mode=g+u
+maven.site.chmod.mode=775
 maven.site.failonerror=true
 
 maven.rsync.executable=rsync
diff --git a/site/xdocs/changes.xml b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
index 8648af02..c8492b7a 100644
--- a/site/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.7-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="add">New property <code>maven.site.gunzip.options</code> can be used to set options when using gunzip (default value is -f).</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-40">Missing <code>maven.ssh.args</code> in <code>site:publish</code>.</action>
-      <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MPSITE-34">New property <code>maven.site.failonerror</code> can be used bypass remote errors.</action>
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-39">Deploy site on unix create rights rwxr-xr-x. Group members can't override files. The default value for <code>maven.site.chmod.mode</code> is now <code>755</code>.</action>
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="add" issue="MPSITE-34">New property <code>maven.site.failonerror</code> can be used to bypass remote errors.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPSITE-31">Make <code>chmod</code> options in <code>site:sshdeploy</code> configurable.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-24" due-to="Julian Dunn">SSH arguments not used in <code>sshdeploy</code> with 'clean'.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-28" due-to="Davy Toch">Deploying the site documentation through SSH always results in 'Build Successful'.</action>
diff --git a/site/xdocs/properties.xml b/site/xdocs/properties.xml
index 34649979..9bdd64d4 100644
--- a/site/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/site/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@
             system has a default version of gunzip that is failing.
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.site.gunzip.options</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Specifies options passed to the gunzip executable. Default is '<code>-f</code>'.
+          </td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>maven.site.failonerror</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
