diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/deploySICS.sh b/site_ansto/instrument/deploySICS.sh
index 65373ce2..178fb205 100755
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/deploySICS.sh
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/deploySICS.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# $Revision: 1.14 $
-# $Date: 2006-11-16 05:20:51 $
+# $Revision: 1.15 $
+# $Date: 2006-11-21 01:35:13 $
 # Author: Ferdi Franceschini (ffr@ansto.gov.au)
-# Last revision by $Author: ffr $
+# Last revision by $Author: dcl $
 
 # Deploys SICServer and configuration files to
 # an instrument control computer.
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ if [ "$TESTING" = "test" ]
 then
   DESTHOST=${2:-ics1-test.nbi.ansto.gov.au}
   DESTDIR=${3:-/usr/local}/TEST_SICS/$INSTRUMENT
-  TARDIR=$DESTDIR
+  TARDIR=${DESTDIR:1}
   # remove and recreate the temporary directory
   rm -fr $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR
   mkdir -p $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ then
   mkdir -p $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR
 else
   DESTDIR=${3:-/usr/local}/sics
-  TARDIR=$DESTDIR
+  TARDIR=${DESTDIR:1}
   # remove and recreate the temporary directory
   rm -fr $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR
   mkdir -p $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ echo "Deploying $INSTRUMENT to $DESTHOST:$DESTDIR"
 
 if [ "$DESTHOST" = "localhost" ]
 then
-EXTRACT="tar vxz -C /"
+EXTRACT="tar vxzp -C /"
 else
-EXTRACT="ssh $DESTHOST sg sics -c tar\ vxz\ -C\ /"
+EXTRACT="ssh $DESTHOST sg sics -c tar\ vxzp\ -C\ /"
 fi
 
 if [ ! -e $SRCDIR/MANIFEST.TXT ]
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ COMMON=$(for f in $(cat $SRCDIR/MANIFEST.TXT); do echo -n "$SRCDIR/$f "; done)
 INSTSPEC=$(for f in $(cat $INSTSRC/MANIFEST.TXT); do echo -n "$INSTSRC/$f "; done)
 
 mkdir -p $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR/{server,data,log,tmp}
-cp $COMMON $INSTSPEC $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR/server
-cp ../SICServer $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR/server
+cp --preserve=timestamps $COMMON $INSTSPEC $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR/server
+cp --preserve=timestamps ../SICServer $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR/server
 
 # Create a manifest of the files installed on the IC host
 echo "Date: $(date -Iminutes)" > $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR/server/MANIFEST.TXT
@@ -161,11 +161,14 @@ echo -e "The following files were installed by $USER\n" >> $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR/ser
 cat $SRCDIR/MANIFEST.TXT $SRCDIR/$INSTSRC/MANIFEST.TXT >> $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR/server/MANIFEST.TXT
 
 cd $TEMPDIR
+find $TARDIR -type f -exec chmod u-s,g-x+wr,o-wx+r {} \;
+find $TARDIR -type f -perm -100 -exec chmod go+x {} \;
+find $TARDIR -type d -exec chmod u+rwx,g+rwxs,o-w+rx {} \;
 
 # Strip leading / from DESTDIR and extract to destination
 if [ "$DEPLOY" = "YES" ]
 then
-  tar -cz ${TARDIR:1} | $EXTRACT
+  tar -cz $TARDIR | $EXTRACT
 else
-  echo "tar -cz ${TARDIR:1} | $EXTRACT"
+  echo "tar -cz $TARDIR | $EXTRACT"
 fi