diff --git a/lib/mrsk/cli/main.rb b/lib/mrsk/cli/main.rb
index c6061a33..45f996a5 100644
--- a/lib/mrsk/cli/main.rb
+++ b/lib/mrsk/cli/main.rb
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class Mrsk::Cli::Main < Mrsk::Cli::Base
     unless (hooks_dir = Pathname.new(File.expand_path(".mrsk/hooks"))).exist?
       hooks_dir.mkpath
       Pathname.new(File.expand_path("templates/sample_hooks", __dir__)).each_child do |sample_hook|
-        FileUtils.cp sample_hook, hooks_dir
+        FileUtils.cp sample_hook, hooks_dir, preserve: true
       end
       puts "Created sample hooks in .mrsk/hooks"
     end
diff --git a/lib/mrsk/cli/templates/sample_hooks/post-deploy.sample b/lib/mrsk/cli/templates/sample_hooks/post-deploy.sample
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/lib/mrsk/cli/templates/sample_hooks/post-rollback.sample b/lib/mrsk/cli/templates/sample_hooks/post-rollback.sample
old mode 100644
new mode 100755