diff --git a/.github/workflows/CompileAndRelease.yml b/.github/workflows/CompileAndRelease.yml
index 0dd91b87e..d9ba40b1e 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/CompileAndRelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CompileAndRelease.yml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Creating MeshLab Portable ZIP
       run: |
         cd distrib
-        windeployqt --no-translations meshlab.exe -executable=meshlabserver.exe
+        windeployqt --no-translations meshlab.exe
     - name: Uploading Meshlab Portable 
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CompileWindows.yml b/.github/workflows/CompileWindows.yml
index acfd54c3f..c8a7571aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CompileWindows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CompileWindows.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Creating MeshLab Portable ZIP
       run: |
         cd distrib
-        windeployqt --no-translations --verbose=2 meshlab.exe -executable=meshlabserver.exe
+        windeployqt --no-translations --verbose=2 meshlab.exe
     - name: Uploading Meshlab Portable 
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
       with:
diff --git a/install/linux/linux_appimage.sh b/install/linux/linux_appimage.sh
index c5ccd9c7a..2e781f312 100755
--- a/install/linux/linux_appimage.sh
+++ b/install/linux/linux_appimage.sh
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ cp ../docs/readme.txt .
 rm -r plugins/U3D_OSX/
 rm -r plugins/U3D_W32/
 
-$INSTALL_PATH/resources/linuxdeployqt meshlab -appimage
-mv *.AppImage MeshLab$(date +%Y.%m)-linux.AppImage -executable=meshlabserver
+$INSTALL_PATH/resources/linuxdeployqt meshlab -appimage -executable=meshlabserver
+mv *.AppImage MeshLab$(date +%Y.%m)-linux.AppImage 
 
 #at this point, distrib folder contains all the files necessary to execute meshlab
 echo "distrib folder is now a self contained meshlab application"