diff --git a/scripts/release-linux.sh b/scripts/release-linux.sh
index d9134bfa9..96e0e33c4 100755
--- a/scripts/release-linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/release-linux.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ strip -s furnace
 cd ../../..
 
 [ -e appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage ] || { wget "https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage" && chmod 755 appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage; }
-ARCH=$(uname -m) ./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage furnace.AppDir
+./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract
+ARCH=$(uname -m) ./squashfs-root/AppRun furnace.AppDir
 
 #zip -r furnace.zip LICENSE.txt Furnace*.dmg README.txt papers