diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index ba8fe74e..63475f33 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ install_uncloud_binaries() {
     if ! curl -fsSL -o "${uncloudd_download_path}" "${uncloudd_url}"; then
         error "Failed to download uncloudd binary."
     fi
-    tar -xf --directory "${tmp_dir}" "${uncloudd_download_path}"
+    tar -xf "${uncloudd_download_path}" --directory "${tmp_dir}"
     if ! install "${tmp_dir}/uncloudd" "${uncloudd_install_path}"; then
         error "Failed to install uncloud binary to ${uncloudd_install_path}"
     fi