diff --git a/contrib/upload b/contrib/upload
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b8f1058e5..5833fe16a
--- a/contrib/upload
+++ b/contrib/upload
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ fi
 sftp -oBatchMode=no -b - "$SSHUSER@uploadserver" << !
    cd electrum-downloads-airlock
    -mkdir "$version"
+   -chmod 777 "$version"
    cd "$version"
    mput *
    bye