diff --git a/build/package/deb/MakeInstall b/build/package/deb/MakeInstall
index dff34a53ac..5fad7c1b85 100755
--- a/build/package/deb/MakeInstall
+++ b/build/package/deb/MakeInstall
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
 install:
-		install -d "$(DESTDIR)/opt/tgstation-server"
 		build/package/deb/install_artifacts.sh "$(DESTDIR)"
-		install -d "$(DESTDIR)/etc/tgstation-server"
-		install build/package/deb/appsettings.Initial.yml "$(DESTDIR)/etc/tgstation-server/appsettings.Production.yml"
-		ln -s $(DESTDIR)/etc/tgstation-server/appsettings.Production.yml "$(DESTDIR)/opt/tgstation-server/appsettings.Production.yml"
+		install -D build/package/deb/appsettings.Initial.yml "$(DESTDIR)/etc/tgstation-server/appsettings.Production.yml"
+		ln -s "$(DESTDIR)/etc/tgstation-server/appsettings.Production.yml" "$(DESTDIR)/opt/tgstation-server/appsettings.Production.yml"
 		install -d "$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin"
-		install build/package/deb/tgs-configure "$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/"
+		install -D build/package/deb/tgs-configure "$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/"
diff --git a/build/package/deb/install_artifacts.sh b/build/package/deb/install_artifacts.sh
index 512447df47..dead938fa2 100755
--- a/build/package/deb/install_artifacts.sh
+++ b/build/package/deb/install_artifacts.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/sh -e
 
-cd artifacts && for f in $(find * -type f); do install "$f" "$1/opt/tgstation-server/$f"; done
+cd artifacts && for f in $(find * -type f); do install -D "$f" "$1/opt/tgstation-server/$f"; done