diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/SelfUpdateController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/SelfUpdateController.php
index abe82f44ef94..f1af705342ac 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/SelfUpdateController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/SelfUpdateController.php
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ class SelfUpdateController extends BaseController
         $zipFile->openFile($file);
 
         $zipFile->deleteFromName(".htaccess");
+        
+        $zipFile->rewrite();
 
         $zipFile->extractTo(base_path());