diff --git a/src/Deployment/CliRunner.php b/src/Deployment/CliRunner.php
index 07b2742a..ad8e9d3b 100644
--- a/src/Deployment/CliRunner.php
+++ b/src/Deployment/CliRunner.php
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ private function createDeployer(array $config): Deployer
 		} else {
 			$server = new FtpServer(Helpers::buildUrl($urlParts), (bool) $config['passivemode']);
 		}
+		$server->filePermissions = empty($config['filepermissions']) ? null : octdec($config['filepermissions']);
+		$server->dirPermissions = empty($config['dirpermissions']) ? null : octdec($config['dirpermissions']);
+
 		$server = new RetryServer($server, $this->logger);
 
 		if (!preg_match('#/|\\\\|[a-z]:#iA', $config['local'])) {
@@ -153,9 +156,6 @@ private function createDeployer(array $config): Deployer
 		$deployment->runAfter = self::toArray($config['after'], true);
 		$deployment->testMode = !empty($config['test']) || $this->mode === 'test';
 
-		$server->filePermissions = empty($config['filepermissions']) ? null : octdec($config['filepermissions']);
-		$server->dirPermissions = empty($config['dirpermissions']) ? null : octdec($config['dirpermissions']);
-
 		return $deployment;
 	}