diff --git a/archivebox/abx/archivebox/base_binary.py b/archivebox/abx/archivebox/base_binary.py
index c86d0f8b..27fa68ff 100644
--- a/archivebox/abx/archivebox/base_binary.py
+++ b/archivebox/abx/archivebox/base_binary.py
@@ -60,15 +60,12 @@ class BaseBinary(BaseHook, Binary):
         if not (binary.abspath and binary.abspath.exists()):
             return
         
-        try:
-            bin_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-            symlink = bin_dir / binary.name
-            symlink.unlink(missing_ok=True)
-            symlink.symlink_to(binary.abspath)
-        except Exception as err:
-            # print('[red]:warning: Failed to symlink binary into ./lib/bin folder[/red]', err)
-            pass
-
+        bin_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        symlink = bin_dir / binary.name
+        symlink.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+        symlink.symlink_to(binary.abspath)
+        symlink.chmod(0o777)   # make sure its executable by everyone
+        
     @validate_call
     def load(self, **kwargs) -> Self:
         binary = super().load(**kwargs)
diff --git a/archivebox/plugins_extractor/chrome/apps.py b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/chrome/apps.py
index 98bc93b7..796a51c5 100644
--- a/archivebox/plugins_extractor/chrome/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/chrome/apps.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def create_macos_app_symlink(target: Path, shortcut: Path):
     # TODO: should we enforce this? is it useful in any other situation?
     # if platform.system().lower() != 'darwin':
     #     raise Exception(...)
-        
+    shortcut.unlink(missing_ok=True)
     shortcut.write_text(f"""#!/usr/bin/env bash\nexec '{target}' "$@"\n""")
     shortcut.chmod(0o777)   # make sure its executable by everyone
 
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ class ChromeBinary(BaseBinary):
             create_macos_app_symlink(binary.abspath, symlink)
         else:
             # otherwise on linux we can symlink directly to binary executable
+            symlink.unlink(missing_ok=True)
             symlink.symlink_to(binary.abspath)
 
     @staticmethod