diff --git a/lib/simple_config.py b/lib/simple_config.py
index 2b79fdf2a..22aab0832 100644
--- a/lib/simple_config.py
+++ b/lib/simple_config.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class SimpleConfig(object):
         f = open(path, "w")
         f.write(s)
         f.close()
-        if self.get('gui') != 'android':
+        if 'ANDROID_DATA' not in os.environ:
             import stat
             os.chmod(path, stat.S_IREAD | stat.S_IWRITE)