diff --git a/local/recipes/tui/tlc/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/tui/tlc/recipe.toml
index d621f21610..46740fe313 100644
--- a/local/recipes/tui/tlc/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/tui/tlc/recipe.toml
@@ -47,11 +47,10 @@ mkdir -p "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin"
 
 for bin in tlc tlcedit tlcview tlc-pty-login; do
     if [ -f "${TARGET_DIR}/${bin}" ]; then
-        cp "${TARGET_DIR}/${bin}" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/${bin}"
-        if [ -f "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/${bin}" ]; then
-            chmod 0755 "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/${bin}"
-        else
-            echo "cookbook: copy failed for ${bin}"
+        install -m 0755 "${TARGET_DIR}/${bin}" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/${bin}" || \
+            cp "${TARGET_DIR}/${bin}" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/${bin}" && chmod 0755 "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/${bin}"
+        if [ ! -f "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/${bin}" ]; then
+            echo "cookbook: WARNING - ${bin} was not staged (sandbox may have prevented write)"
         fi
     else
         echo "cookbook: skipping ${bin} (not built)"