diff --git a/build/linuxpackager b/build/linuxpackager
index d827c617..98692b78 100755
--- a/build/linuxpackager
+++ b/build/linuxpackager
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ echo "--------------------"
 
 mkdir -p dist
 cp -R build/debian dist/debian
-chmod -R 775 build/debian
+chmod -R 775 dist/debian
 
 controlfile="Package: audiobookshelf
 Version: $VERSION
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Depends:
 Maintainer: advplyr
 Description: $DESCRIPTION"
 
-echo "$config_text" > dist/debian/DEBIAN/control;
+echo "$controlfile" > dist/debian/DEBIAN/control;
 
 # Package debian
 pkg -t node12-linux-x64 -o dist/debian/usr/share/audiobookshelf/audiobookshelf .