diff --git a/release_tmp b/release_tmp
index 97cf024..4645114 100755
--- a/release_tmp
+++ b/release_tmp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fi
 bfile="$(basename "$file")"
 
 scp -r "$file" "${host}:${dir}"
-ssh "$host" "chmod a+r \"$dir/$bfile\""
+ssh "$host" "chmod a+r -R \"$dir/$bfile\""
 
 if [ "$delete_after" ]; then
     rm -f "$file"