diff --git a/scripts/build/linux.sh b/scripts/build/linux.sh
index 1c7f4d16..962459a4 100755
--- a/scripts/build/linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/linux.sh
@@ -168,13 +168,7 @@ if [ "$COMMAND" == "installer-appimage" ]; then
     -r $ARCH \
     -b etcher \
     -i assets/icon.png \
-    -o etcher-release/$APPLICATION_NAME-linux-$ARCH.AppImage
-
-  pushd etcher-release
-  zip $APPLICATION_NAME-$APPLICATION_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.zip $APPLICATION_NAME-linux-$ARCH.AppImage
-  mkdir -p installers
-  mv $APPLICATION_NAME-$APPLICATION_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.zip installers
-  popd
+    -o etcher-release/installers/$APPLICATION_NAME-$APPLICATION_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.zip
 
   exit 0
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/linux/electron-installer-appimage.sh b/scripts/linux/electron-installer-appimage.sh
index 589edc8f..b8c45079 100755
--- a/scripts/linux/electron-installer-appimage.sh
+++ b/scripts/linux/electron-installer-appimage.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 set -u
 set -e
+set -x
 
 function check_dep() {
   if ! command -v $1 2>/dev/null 1>&2; then
@@ -101,11 +102,11 @@ else
   exit 1
 fi
 
+OUTPUT_FILENAME="$ARGV_APPLICATION_NAME-linux-$ARGV_ARCHITECTURE.AppImage"
+
 # Create AppDir
-OUTPUT_FILENAME="$(basename "$ARGV_OUTPUT")"
 APPDIR_PATH=/tmp/${OUTPUT_FILENAME%.*}.AppDir
 APPDIR_ICON_FILENAME=icon
-mkdir -p "$(dirname "$ARGV_OUTPUT")"
 rm -rf "$APPDIR_PATH"
 mkdir -p "$APPDIR_PATH/usr/bin"
 download_executable \
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Generate AppImage
+mkdir -p "$(dirname "$ARGV_OUTPUT")"
 rm -f "$ARGV_OUTPUT"
 
 APPIMAGEASSISTANT_PATH=/tmp/AppImageAssistant.AppImage
@@ -150,5 +152,11 @@ download_executable \
   "$APPIMAGES_GITHUB_RELEASE_BASE_URL/AppImageAssistant_$APPIMAGES_TAG-$APPIMAGES_ARCHITECTURE.AppImage" \
   $APPIMAGEASSISTANT_PATH
 
-$APPIMAGEASSISTANT_PATH "$APPDIR_PATH" "$ARGV_OUTPUT"
+$APPIMAGEASSISTANT_PATH "$APPDIR_PATH" "$(dirname "$ARGV_OUTPUT")/$OUTPUT_FILENAME"
 rm -rf "$APPDIR_PATH"
+
+# Package AppImage inside a Zip to preserve the execution permissions
+pushd "$(dirname "$ARGV_OUTPUT")"
+zip "$(basename "$ARGV_OUTPUT")" "$OUTPUT_FILENAME"
+rm -f "$OUTPUT_FILENAME"
+popd