diff --git a/appimg-builder/basic-image.conf b/appimg-builder/basic-image.conf
index f4cee25..4562110 100644
--- a/appimg-builder/basic-image.conf
+++ b/appimg-builder/basic-image.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,12 @@
 PACKAGES="man manpages vim-nox iputils-ping tmux vifm gnome-terminal firefox nautilus eog evince unzip x264"
+POST_INSTALL_MODULES="setup_theme_symlinks"
+
+setup_theme_symlinks() {
+    mkdir -p /opt/share
+    ln -sf /opt/share/themes/Adapta /usr/share/themes/Adapta
+    ln -sf /opt/share/themes/Adapta-Eta /usr/share/themes/Adapta-Eta
+    ln -sf /opt/share/themes/Adapta-Nokto /usr/share/themes/Adapta-Nokto
+    ln -sf /opt/share/themes/Adapta-Nokto-Eta /usr/share/themes/Adapta-Nokto-Eta
+    ln -sf /opt/share/icons/Paper /usr/share/icons/Paper
+}
 
diff --git a/appimg-builder/stage-one.sh b/appimg-builder/stage-one.sh
index d419cf5..9bdeb1e 100755
--- a/appimg-builder/stage-one.sh
+++ b/appimg-builder/stage-one.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ setup_rootfs() {
     if [[ ${USE_TMPFS} -eq 1 ]]; then
         mount -t tmpfs rootfs-tmp ${ROOTFS}
     fi
+    chmod 0755 ${ROOTFS}
 }
 
 run_debootstrap() {