diff --git a/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.c b/cmd/sharefs/fuse-operations.c
similarity index 99%
rename from cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.c
rename to cmd/sharefs/fuse-operations.c
index a1c511b..ecff1ad 100644
--- a/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.c
+++ b/cmd/sharefs/fuse-operations.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 /* TODO(ophestra): remove after 05ce67fea99ca09cd4b6625cff7aec9cc222dd5a reaches a release */
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 
-#include "fuse-helper.h"
+#include "fuse-operations.h"
 
 /* MUST_TRANSLATE_PATHNAME translates a userspace pathname to a relative pathname;
  * the resulting address points to a constant string or part of pathname, it is never heap allocated. */
diff --git a/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.h b/cmd/sharefs/fuse-operations.h
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.h
rename to cmd/sharefs/fuse-operations.h
diff --git a/cmd/sharefs/fuse.go b/cmd/sharefs/fuse.go
index c9b24b2..1a17f80 100644
--- a/cmd/sharefs/fuse.go
+++ b/cmd/sharefs/fuse.go
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ package main
 /*
 #cgo pkg-config: --static fuse3
 
-#include "fuse-helper.h"
+#include "fuse-operations.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 extern void *sharefs_init(struct fuse_conn_info *conn, struct fuse_config *cfg);
-void sharefs_destroy(void *private_data);
+extern void sharefs_destroy(void *private_data);
 
 typedef void (*closure)();
 static inline struct fuse_opt _FUSE_OPT_END() { return (struct fuse_opt)FUSE_OPT_END; };
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ func unsafeAddArgument(args *fuseArgs, arg string) {
 }
 
 func _main(argc int, argv **C.char) int {
+	// don't mask creation mode, kernel already did that
+	syscall.Umask(0)
+
 	args := C.struct_fuse_args{argc: C.int(argc), argv: argv, allocated: 1}
 
 	// this causes the kernel to enforce access control based on
diff --git a/cmd/sharefs/main.go b/cmd/sharefs/main.go
index 44a7e51..60924e0 100644
--- a/cmd/sharefs/main.go
+++ b/cmd/sharefs/main.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"runtime"
-	"syscall"
 )
 
 // executableName is the [path.Base] name of the executable that started the current process.
@@ -24,8 +23,5 @@ func main() {
 	log.SetFlags(0)
 	log.SetPrefix(executableName + ": ")
 
-	// don't mask creation mode, kernel already did that
-	syscall.Umask(0)
-
 	os.Exit(_main(len(os.Args), copyStrings(os.Args...)))
 }