diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 6f5f716..022735d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,33 +1,33 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # Sample debian/rules that uses debhelper.
 # This file was originally written by Joey Hess and Craig Small.
 # As a special exception, when this file is copied by dh-make into a
 # dh-make output file, you may use that output file without restriction.
 # This special exception was added by Craig Small in version 0.37 of dh-make.
 
 # This file was extended to incorporate a Meson/Ninja build system.
 
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
 %:
 	dh $@ 
 
 override_dh_auto_clean:
 	rm -rf debian/build
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	mkdir -p debian/build
 	cd debian/build && meson --prefix=/usr ../..
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
-	cd debian/build && ninja -v
+	cd debian/build && ninja -v && ninja build
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
 	cd debian/build && ninja test
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	cd debian/build && DESTDIR=${CURDIR}/debian/com.github.writeas.writeas-gtk ninja install
 	mkdir -p debian/com.github.writeas.writeas-gtk/usr/bin
 	cp bin/writeas debian/com.github.writeas.writeas-gtk/usr/bin/