diff --git a/academic/genius/genius.SlackBuild b/academic/genius/genius.SlackBuild
index 4e9300f8ff..e18111cbd1 100644
--- a/academic/genius/genius.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/genius/genius.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # 
 
 PRGNAM=genius
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.0.12}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.0.17}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.?z*
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
-find . \
+find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
  -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
- \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
- -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
+ -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
diff --git a/academic/genius/genius.info b/academic/genius/genius.info
index 87d779c28e..edaed5ac63 100644
--- a/academic/genius/genius.info
+++ b/academic/genius/genius.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="genius"
-VERSION="1.0.12"
+VERSION="1.0.17"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.5z.com/jirka/genius.html"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.5z.com/pub/genius/genius-1.0.12.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="09bbf44917e5e5b31fcf1ee906c42e00"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.5z.com/pub/genius/genius-1.0.17.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="96627c9de1c47f2cba8d7d7fd69de6f1"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="rarian"