diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0b85042..ed3adf1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ spotless {
 tasks.register("updateGitHooks", Copy) {
 	from "./scripts/pre-commit"
 	into ".git/hooks"
-
-	compileJava.dependsOn(this)
-}
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+}
+tasks.register("executableGitHooks", Exec) {
+	commandLine "chmod", "ug+x", ".git/hooks/pre-commit"
+	dependsOn(updateGitHooks)
+}
+compileJava.dependsOn(executableGitHooks)
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