diff --git a/appimage/generate-appimages.sh b/appimage/generate-appimages.sh
index d43810539..8c0e92a39 100755
--- a/appimage/generate-appimages.sh
+++ b/appimage/generate-appimages.sh
@@ -9,15 +9,18 @@ if [[ "$#" -ne 1 ]]; then
   echo "Usage: create-appimage.sh <build_directory_path>"
   exit 1
 else
-  BUILD_DIR=$1
+  BUILD_DIR=$(readlink -f $1)
   echo "BUILD_DIR set to ${BUILD_DIR}"
 fi
 
 # Acquire linuxdeploy and linuxdeploy-plugin-qt
-wget -N https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage
-chmod a+x linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage
-wget -N https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt-x86_64.AppImage
-chmod a+x linuxdeploy-plugin-qt-x86_64.AppImage
+wget --timestamping --directory-prefix=${BUILD_DIR} \
+  https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage
+chmod a+x ${BUILD_DIR}/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage
+
+wget --timestamping --directory-prefix=${BUILD_DIR} \
+  https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt-x86_64.AppImage
+chmod a+x ${BUILD_DIR}/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt-x86_64.AppImage
 
 # Copy icons into the <resolution>/<app_name>.<ext> directory structure that linuxdeploy nominally expects,
 # e.g. 16x16/duckstation-qt.png, 32x32/duckstation-qt.png, etc.
@@ -41,19 +44,22 @@ done
 # as they wish outside of this script, e.g. to distinguish between Release or
 # Debug builds, since we don't have awareness of that inside this script
 
-./linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage --appdir=./AppDir-duckstation-qt \
+${BUILD_DIR}/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage \
+  --appdir=${BUILD_DIR}/AppDir-duckstation-qt \
   --executable=${BUILD_DIR}/src/duckstation-qt/duckstation-qt \
   --desktop-file=${APPIMAGE_RESOURCES_DIR}/duckstation-qt.desktop \
   ${ICONS_QT[@]/#/--icon-file=} \
   --plugin=qt \
   --output=appimage \
-  && mv DuckStation_Qt*.AppImage duckstation-qt-x64.AppImage
+  && mv DuckStation_Qt*.AppImage ${BUILD_DIR}/duckstation-qt-x64.AppImage
 
-./linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage --appdir=./AppDir-duckstation-sdl \
+${BUILD_DIR}/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage \
+  --appdir=${BUILD_DIR}/AppDir-duckstation-sdl \
   --executable=${BUILD_DIR}/src/duckstation-sdl/duckstation-sdl \
   --desktop-file=${APPIMAGE_RESOURCES_DIR}/duckstation-sdl.desktop \
   ${ICONS_SDL[@]/#/--icon-file=} \
   --output=appimage \
-  && mv DuckStation_SDL*.AppImage duckstation-sdl-x64.AppImage
+  && mv DuckStation_SDL*.AppImage ${BUILD_DIR}/duckstation-sdl-x64.AppImage
 
-# Resulting AppImage files will be located in the directory this script is called from
+# Resulting AppImages will be created in the directory this script is called from;
+# move them into the user's specified build directory