diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 38d89126..a0982a13 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -416,7 +416,10 @@
 	</target>
 
 	<target name="deb-arch">
-		<deb todir="${dir.dist}" package="filebot" version="${version}" architecture="${deb.arch}" section="misc" homepage="http://www.filebot.net" priority="optional" postinst="${dir.installer}/deb/postinst.sh" prerm="${dir.installer}/deb/prerem.sh">
+		<!-- stage created .deb files in a temporary folder -->
+		<property name="deb.staging" location="${dir.dist}/deb" />
+		<mkdir dir="${deb.staging}" />
+		<deb debfilenameproperty="staging.file.deb" todir="${deb.staging}" package="filebot" version="${version}" architecture="${deb.arch}" section="misc" homepage="http://www.filebot.net" priority="optional" postinst="${dir.installer}/deb/postinst.sh" prerm="${dir.installer}/deb/prerem.sh">
 			<maintainer name="Reinhard Pointner" email="rednoah@users.sourceforge.net" />
 			<description synopsis="The ultimate TV and Movie Renamer">FileBot is the ultimate tool for renaming your movies, tv shows or anime and even downloading subtitles. It's smart, streamlined for simplicity and just works. Putting the super-efficient UI aside, it's also got a full-featured command-line interface and scripting engine for all sorts of automation. Anything is possible.</description>
 			<tarfileset fullpath="usr/share/filebot/FileBot.jar" file="${path.fatjar}" />
@@ -426,6 +429,8 @@
 			<tarfileset prefix="usr/share/filebot/bin" file="${dir.installer}/deb/filebot.sh" filemode="755" />
 			<tarfileset prefix="usr/share/applications" file="${dir.installer}/deb/FileBot.desktop" />
 		</deb>
+		<move tofile="${dir.dist}/filebot_${version}_${arch}.deb" file="${staging.file.deb}" overwrite="no" failonerror="yes" />
+		<delete dir="${deb.staging}" />
 	</target>
 
 
@@ -448,7 +453,7 @@
 		<!-- stage created .deb files in a temporary folder -->
 		<property name="ipkg.staging" location="${dir.dist}/deb-ipkg" />
 		<mkdir dir="${ipkg.staging}" />
-		<deb debfilenameproperty="staging.file.deb" todir="${ipkg.staging}" package="filebot" version="${version}" architecture="${arch}" section="misc" homepage="http://www.filebot.net" priority="optional" postinst="${dir.installer}/ipkg/postinst.sh" prerm="${dir.installer}/ipkg/prerem.sh">
+		<deb debfilenameproperty="staging.file.deb" todir="${ipkg.staging}" package="filebot" version="${version}" architecture="${deb.arch}" section="misc" homepage="http://www.filebot.net" priority="optional" postinst="${dir.installer}/ipkg/postinst.sh" prerm="${dir.installer}/ipkg/prerem.sh">
 			<maintainer name="Reinhard Pointner" email="rednoah@users.sourceforge.net" />
 			<description synopsis="The ultimate TV and Movie Renamer">FileBot is the ultimate tool for renaming your movies, tv shows or anime and even downloading subtitles. It's smart, streamlined for simplicity and just works. Putting the super-efficient UI aside, it's also got a full-featured command-line interface and scripting engine for all sorts of automation. Anything is possible.</description>
 			<tarfileset fullpath="opt/share/filebot/FileBot.jar" file="${path.fatjar}" />