diff --git a/mender-convert-modify b/mender-convert-modify
index 7fb2446..89e3b4c 100755
--- a/mender-convert-modify
+++ b/mender-convert-modify
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ run_and_log_cmd "wget -Nq ${MENDER_STORAGE_URL}/${MENDER_CLIENT_VERSION}/dist-pa
 
 cd work/mender-deb
 run_and_log_cmd "ar -xv ${deb_name}"
-run_and_log_cmd "tar xJf data.tar.xz -C files"
+run_and_log_cmd "sudo tar xJf data.tar.xz -C files"
 cd - > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 run_and_log_cmd "sudo rsync --archive --keep-dirlinks --verbose work/mender-deb/files/ work/rootfs/"
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ fi
 
 run_and_log_cmd "echo 'device_type=${device_type}' > work/device_type"
 run_and_log_cmd "sudo install -m 0444 work/device_type work/rootfs/data/mender/"
-run_and_log_cmd "sudo echo 'artifact_name=${MENDER_ARTIFACT_NAME}' \
-  > work/rootfs/etc/mender/artifact_info"
+run_and_log_cmd "echo 'artifact_name=${MENDER_ARTIFACT_NAME}' \
+  | sudo tee work/rootfs/etc/mender/artifact_info"
 
 log_info "Creating state scripts version file."
 case "${MENDER_CLIENT_VERSION}" in