diff --git a/RetroDECK b/RetroDECK
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..804dfa141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RetroDECK
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 804dfa141fefc1dd60bf4369028027f8cca4d6a3
diff --git a/developer_toolbox/build_locally.sh b/developer_toolbox/build_locally.sh
index 3f8c33793..00781c4e1 100755
--- a/developer_toolbox/build_locally.sh
+++ b/developer_toolbox/build_locally.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ git submodule update --init --recursive
 export GITHUB_WORKSPACE="."
 export FOLDER="es-de-build"
 
+chmod a+rwx -R "$FOLDER"
+
 # Initialize the Flatpak repo
 ostree init --mode=archive-z2 --repo=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/retrodeck-repo