diff --git a/network/pidgin-facebookchat/README b/network/pidgin-facebookchat/README
index c6405ed9f7..d9d29f5abf 100644
--- a/network/pidgin-facebookchat/README
+++ b/network/pidgin-facebookchat/README
@@ -1 +1,14 @@
 This is a Facebook chat plugin for Pidgin and libpurple messengers.
+
+This is how you can connect to Facebook Chat:
+Create a new account with these settings:
+- Protocol: XMPP
+- Username: xyz 
+  (username on your FB link, example: https://www.facebook.com/xyz)
+- Domain: chat.facebook.com
+- Resource: Pidgin
+
+On the advanced tab:
+- Connect port: 5222
+- Connect server: chat.facebook.com
+
diff --git a/network/pidgin-facebookchat/pidgin-facebookchat.SlackBuild b/network/pidgin-facebookchat/pidgin-facebookchat.SlackBuild
index 94a9f733c2..5979126705 100644
--- a/network/pidgin-facebookchat/pidgin-facebookchat.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/pidgin-facebookchat/pidgin-facebookchat.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=pidgin-facebookchat
-VERSION=1.67
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.69}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ mkdir $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2
 chown -R root:root .
-chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
+find -L . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
+  -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
+ -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 case "$ARCH" in
   x86_64)
diff --git a/network/pidgin-facebookchat/pidgin-facebookchat.info b/network/pidgin-facebookchat/pidgin-facebookchat.info
index 4cdde7e1ab..a819f36ced 100644
--- a/network/pidgin-facebookchat/pidgin-facebookchat.info
+++ b/network/pidgin-facebookchat/pidgin-facebookchat.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="pidgin-facebookchat"
-VERSION="1.67"
+VERSION="1.69"
 HOMEPAGE="http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-facebookchat/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://pidgin-facebookchat.googlecode.com/files/pidgin-facebookchat-1.67.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="fa7bce575c1288090923328b982ba5ab"
+DOWNLOAD="http://pidgin-facebookchat.googlecode.com/files/pidgin-facebookchat-1.69.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="ffd9911b27a8a3c6db51a0ff0d16fea2"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="json-glib"