diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 2c00e28..e4a8cda 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ function uninstall {
 function install {
 	# Sed was being fussy on FreeBSD, used ed, the one true text editor
 	printf "1a\nSRCLOC=$SRCLOC\n.\n,p\n" | ed -s run-scripts/halibot > $BINLOC
+	chmod +x $BINLOC
 
 	mkdir -p $SRCLOC
 	cp $VERBOSE main.py $SRCLOC