diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 963231711..107a3827f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ matrix:
       libssl-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libqrencode-dev libdb++-dev software-properties-common
       libcurl4-openssl-dev curl"
       PACKAGE_NAME=verus-cli-linux.tar.gz
-      PACKAGING_MATRIX="cp src/komodod src/komodo-cli kmd/linux/verus-cli && chmod -R +x kmd/linux/verus-cli && cd kmd/linux && tar -czf $PACKAGE_NAME verus-cli"
+      PACKAGING_MATRIX="cp src/komodod src/komodo-cli kmd/linux/verus-cli && chmod +x kmd/linux/verus-cli/komodod && chmod +x kmd/linux/verus-cli/komodo-cli && cd kmd/linux && tar -czf $PACKAGE_NAME verus-cli && ls"
   - compiler: ": Windows"
     env: RUST_TARGET=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
       BUILD_SCRIPT=build-win.sh