diff --git a/local/recipes/tui/tlc/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/tui/tlc/recipe.toml
index 46740fe313..5e06de64d4 100644
--- a/local/recipes/tui/tlc/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/tui/tlc/recipe.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ mkdir -p "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin"
 for bin in tlc tlcedit tlcview tlc-pty-login; do
     if [ -f "${TARGET_DIR}/${bin}" ]; then
         install -m 0755 "${TARGET_DIR}/${bin}" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/${bin}" || \
-            cp "${TARGET_DIR}/${bin}" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/${bin}" && chmod 0755 "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/${bin}"
+            (cp "${TARGET_DIR}/${bin}" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/${bin}" && chmod 0755 "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/${bin}")
         if [ ! -f "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/${bin}" ]; then
             echo "cookbook: WARNING - ${bin} was not staged (sandbox may have prevented write)"
         fi