diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 523d4baf6a27ce8b062491881447c13f2e42cbf0..2204f2a74fac79532c6f2819a0d6ed8beadc8d87 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ installbinaries:
     - "curl -f -L -H \"PRIVATE-TOKEN: $PATKEY\" -o bin/client $CLIENT_URL"
     - chmod +x bin/client
     - "curl -f -L -H \"PRIVATE-TOKEN: $PATKEY\" -o bin/channelbot $CHANNELBOT_URL"
+    - chmod +x bin/channelbot
     - echo $PWD
     - find bin/ -type f -exec file {} \;
   artifacts:
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 1ef9d51dc6f9836294953921a78abbd0001f6ec1..6739162e7c4620ee93bcaf4bb67d4bd06996ac03 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -5,16 +5,19 @@
 # with Glide.
 
 pushd $GOPATH/src/gitlab.com/privategrity/client
+go generate cmd/version.go
 go build
 popd
 mv $GOPATH/src/gitlab.com/privategrity/client/client bin
 
 pushd $GOPATH/src/gitlab.com/privategrity/server
+go generate cmd/version.go
 go build
 popd
 mv $GOPATH/src/gitlab.com/privategrity/server/server bin
 
 pushd $GOPATH/src/gitlab.com/privategrity/channelbot
+go generate cmd/version.go
 go build
 popd
 mv $GOPATH/src/gitlab.com/privategrity/channelbot/channelbot bin