diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
index 2bae78c..568b4d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
@@ -65,15 +65,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup release directory
         run: mv rayhunter-daemon/rayhunter-daemon rootshell/rootshell serial-* dist
       - name: Archive release directory
-        uses: thedoctor0/zip-release@0.7.5
-        with:
-          type: 'zip'
-          filename: 'release.zip'
-          directory: 'dist'
+        run: tar -cvf release.tar dist
       # TODO: have this create a release directly
       - name: Upload release
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: release.zip
-          path: dist/release.zip
+          name: release.tar
+          path: release.tar
           if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/dist/install-common.sh b/dist/install-common.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a02b30d..964d111
--- a/dist/install-common.sh
+++ b/dist/install-common.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ check_adb() {
 
 force_debug_mode() {
     # Force a switch into the debug mode to enable ADB
-    $(SERIAL_PATH) AT
+    echo "$SERIAL_PATH"
+    "$SERIAL_PATH" AT
     echo -n "adb enabled, waiting for reboot"
     until adb shell true 2> /dev/null
     do
@@ -34,11 +35,11 @@ force_debug_mode() {
 
 setup_rootshell() {
     _adb_push rootshell /tmp/
-    $(SERIAL_PATH) "AT+SYSCMD=mv /tmp/rootshell /bin/rootshell"
+    "$SERIAL_PATH" "AT+SYSCMD=cp /tmp/rootshell /bin/rootshell"
     sleep 1
-    $(SERIAL_PATH) "AT+SYSCMD=chown root /bin/rootshell"
+    "$SERIAL_PATH" "AT+SYSCMD=chown root /bin/rootshell"
     sleep 1
-    $(SERIAL_PATH) "AT+SYSCMD=chmod 4755 /bin/rootshell"
+    "$SERIAL_PATH" "AT+SYSCMD=chmod 4755 /bin/rootshell"
     echo "we have root!"
     adb shell /bin/rootshell -c id
 }
@@ -48,13 +49,13 @@ _adb_push() {
 }
 
 setup_rayhunter() {
-    adb shell '/bin/rootshell -c "mkdir /data/rayhunter"'
+    adb shell '/bin/rootshell -c "mkdir -p /data/rayhunter"'
     _adb_push config.toml.example /data/rayhunter/config.toml
     _adb_push rayhunter-daemon /data/rayhunter/
     _adb_push scripts/rayhunter_daemon /tmp/rayhunter_daemon
     _adb_push scripts/misc-daemon /tmp/misc-daemon
-    adb shell '/bin/rootshell -c "mv /tmp/rayhunter_daemon /etc/init.d/rayhunter_daemon"'
-    adb shell '/bin/rootshell -c "mv /tmp/misc-daemon /etc/init.d/misc-daemon"'
+    adb shell '/bin/rootshell -c "cp /tmp/rayhunter_daemon /etc/init.d/rayhunter_daemon"'
+    adb shell '/bin/rootshell -c "cp /tmp/misc-daemon /etc/init.d/misc-daemon"'
     adb shell '/bin/rootshell -c "chmod 755 /etc/init.d/rayhunter_daemon"'
     adb shell '/bin/rootshell -c "chmod 755 /etc/init.d/misc-daemon"'
     adb shell '/bin/rootshell -c "/etc/init.d/rayhunter_daemon start"'
diff --git a/dist/install-linux.sh b/dist/install-linux.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/dist/install-mac.sh b/dist/install-mac.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755