diff --git a/apps/SRAtoolkit/install_2.8.2.sh b/apps/SRAtoolkit/install_2.8.2.sh
index 5691b641025a14acce4e5f2d4fea41afdbc8629a..390850b4bce3d4dad4c2f75948bfd043ddb5c790 100644
--- a/apps/SRAtoolkit/install_2.8.2.sh
+++ b/apps/SRAtoolkit/install_2.8.2.sh
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ http://ftp-trace.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/sdk/${SRATOOLKIT_VERSION}/sratoolkit.${SRA
 curl -k -L http://ftp-trace.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/sdk/${SRATOOLKIT_VERSION}/sratoolkit.${SRATOOLKIT_VERSION}-ubuntu64.tar.gz -o sratoolkit.${SRATOOLKIT_VERSION}-ubuntu64.tar.gz
 tar xvf sratoolkit.${SRATOOLKIT_VERSION}-ubuntu64.tar.gz
 mkdir -p ${SRATOOLKIT_VERSION}/bin
-cp sratoolkit.${SRATOOLKIT_VERSION}-ubuntu64/bin/* ${SRATOOLKIT_VERSION}/bin
+cp -R sratoolkit.${SRATOOLKIT_VERSION}-ubuntu64/bin/* ${SRATOOLKIT_VERSION}/bin
 rm -Rf sratoolkit.${SRATOOLKIT_VERSION}-ubuntu64.tar.gz sratoolkit.${SRATOOLKIT_VERSION}-ubuntu64