diff --git a/packages/create-repo-node-app/package.json b/packages/create-repo-node-app/package.json
index 2de16f09e..4ee24940f 100644
--- a/packages/create-repo-node-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-repo-node-app/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   "type": "module",
   "bin": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "tsc && chmod a+x dist/index.js",
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "postbuild": "node postbuild.js",
     "watch": "npm-watch build"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
diff --git a/packages/create-repo-node-app/postbuild.js b/packages/create-repo-node-app/postbuild.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6dd6d72a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-repo-node-app/postbuild.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import fs from "fs"
+
+fs.chmodSync("dist/index.js", "755")