diff --git a/recipes/neverball/recipe.sh b/recipes/neverball/recipe.sh
index 3e16482b66f311eb2106f3b405a817a4c192fd5e..3a0b40a1645abcf2b12d9fe4ea99827f74aba536 100644
--- a/recipes/neverball/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/neverball/recipe.sh
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ function recipe_clean {
 
 function recipe_stage {
     dest="$(realpath $1)"
-    mkdir -p "${dest}/games"
-    cp -rv data "${dest}/games/neverball"
+    mkdir -p "${dest}/games/neverball"
     for bin in neverball neverputt
     do
         "${STRIP}" -v "$bin" -o "${dest}/games/neverball/$bin"
     done
+    cp -rv data "${dest}/games/neverball"
     skip=1
 }