diff --git a/games-board/cli-chess/cli-chess-1.8.0.ebuild b/games-board/cli-chess/cli-chess-1.8.0.ebuild
index 0ea58a2837..05176c77d5 100644
--- a/games-board/cli-chess/cli-chess-1.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/games-board/cli-chess/cli-chess-1.8.0.ebuild
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_14 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
-RESTRICT="test" #this breaks sandbox
 
 DESCRIPTION="A highly customizable way to play chess in your terminal"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/trevorbayless/cli-chess"
@@ -17,6 +16,8 @@ LICENSE="GPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
+RESTRICT="test" #this breaks sandbox
+
 RDEPEND="
 	games-board/fairy-stockfish
 	games-board/berserk
@@ -35,6 +36,6 @@ python_install() {
 
 	local sitedir
 	sitedir="$(python_get_sitedir)"
-	dosym "${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/fairy-stockfish" \
+	dosym -r "${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/fairy-stockfish" \
 		"${sitedir#"${D}"}/cli_chess/modules/engine/binaries/fairy-stockfish_x86-64_linux"
 }