diff --git a/brokkr/brokkr.mk b/brokkr/brokkr.mk
index 339302e..8b05c51 100644
--- a/brokkr/brokkr.mk
+++ b/brokkr/brokkr.mk
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ $(_BROKKR_PLUGINS_MK): $(_BROKKR_PLUGINS_SENTINEL)
 		url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/$(BROKKR_REPO)/$${plugin_version}/plugins/$${plugin_path}.sh"; \
 		echo "Downloading $${url}"; \
 		curl --fail -s "$$url" -o $(_BROKKR_PLUGINS_DIR)/$${plugin_path}.sh; \
+		chmod -f +x $(_BROKKR_PLUGINS_DIR)/*.sh 2>/dev/null; \
 		echo include $(_BROKKR_PLUGINS_DIR)/$${plugin_path}.mk >> $@; \
 	done
 
diff --git a/plugins/github/github-deploy.mk b/plugins/github/github-deploy.mk
index 9193296..570de2e 100644
--- a/plugins/github/github-deploy.mk
+++ b/plugins/github/github-deploy.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 AUTO_MERGE=true
 define deploy
 	@echo Checking diff local against remote
-	./github-deploy.sh \
+	$(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))/github-deploy.sh \
 	$(strip $1) \
 	${AUTO_MERGE} \
 	$(strip $(if $2, $2, deploy))