diff --git a/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapter.php b/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapter.php
index 2b2e095dd..bfb845194 100644
--- a/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapter.php
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ public function createDirectory(string $path, Config $config): void
     {
         $this->ensureRootDirectoryExists();
         $location = $this->prefixer->prefixPath($path);
-        $visibility = $config->get(Config::OPTION_VISIBILITY, $config->get(Config::OPTION_DIRECTORY_VISIBILITY));
+        $visibility = $config->get(Config::OPTION_DIRECTORY_VISIBILITY, $config->get(Config::OPTION_VISIBILITY));
         $permissions = $this->resolveDirectoryVisibility($visibility);
 
         if (is_dir($location)) {
diff --git a/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapterTest.php b/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapterTest.php
index fb5895744..899742223 100644
--- a/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapterTest.php
+++ b/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapterTest.php
@@ -501,9 +501,10 @@ public function creating_a_directory(): void
         $this->assertDirectoryExists(static::ROOT . '/public_dir_public_files');
         $this->assertFileHasPermissions(static::ROOT . '/public_dir_public_files', 0755);
 
+        # when creating a directory is it correct to assume directory_visibility has precedence over visibility ?
         $adapter->createDirectory('public_dir_private_files', new Config(['visibility' => 'private', 'directory_visibility' => 'public']));
         $this->assertDirectoryExists(static::ROOT . '/public_dir_private_files');
-        $this->assertFileHasPermissions(static::ROOT . '/public_dir_private_files', 0700); # should this not be 0755 for directory_visibility=public
+        $this->assertFileHasPermissions(static::ROOT . '/public_dir_private_files', 0755); # should this not be 0755 instead of 0700
     }
 
 
@@ -550,7 +551,9 @@ public function creating_a_directory_write_a_file(): void
 
         $adapter->createDirectory('public_dir_private_files', $config = new Config(['visibility' => 'private', 'directory_visibility' => 'public']));
         $this->assertDirectoryExists(static::ROOT . '/public_dir_private_files');
-        $this->assertFileHasPermissions(static::ROOT . '/public_dir_private_files', 0700);  # should this not be 0755 for directory_visibility=public
+
+        # when creating a directory is it correct to assume directory_visibility has precedence over visibility ?
+        $this->assertFileHasPermissions(static::ROOT . '/public_dir_private_files', 0755);
         $adapter->write('/public_dir_private_files/file.txt', 'contents', $config);
         $this->assertFileContains(static::ROOT . '/public_dir_private_files/file.txt', 'contents');
         $this->assertFileHasPermissions(static::ROOT . '/public_dir_private_files/file.txt', 0600);