diff --git a/contrib/debian/install.sh b/contrib/debian/install.sh
index 21df0eda..6efd1818 100755
--- a/contrib/debian/install.sh
+++ b/contrib/debian/install.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-FILES="finit.conf finit.d"
 
 if [ "x`id -u`" != "x0" ]; then
     echo
@@ -33,9 +32,9 @@ if [ "x$yorn" = "xy" -o "x$yorn" = "xY" ]; then
     echo "Installing Finit files ..."
     make install
     cd `dirname $0`
-    for file in $FILES; do
-	install -vbD $file /etc/$file
-    done
+    install -vbD finit.conf /etc/finit.conf
+    cp -va finit.d /etc/
+
     echo "Setting up a GRUB boot entry ..."
     MENU=`grep gnu-linux /boot/grub/grub.cfg |head -1 |sed "s/menuentry '\([^']*\).*/\1/"`
     TYPE=`grep gnu-linux /boot/grub/grub.cfg |head -1 |sed "s/.*' --class \([a-z]*\).*/\1/"`