diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 9778a37a5bd..4c7f0c73e8e 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ function copy-to-staging() {
 
   echo "${hash}" > "${tar}.sha1"
   gsutil -m -q -h "Cache-Control:private, max-age=0" cp "${tar}" "${tar}.sha1" "${staging_path}"
-  gsutil -m acl ch -g all:R "${gs_url}" "${gs_url}.sha1" >/dev/null 2>&1
+  gsutil -m acl ch -g all:R "${gs_url}" "${gs_url}.sha1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
   echo "+++ ${basename_tar} uploaded (sha1 = ${hash})"
 }
 
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ function upload-tars() {
     # Ensure the buckets are created
     if ! gsutil ls "${staging_bucket}" >/dev/null; then
       echo "Creating ${staging_bucket}"
-      gsutil mb -l "${region}" "${staging_bucket}"
+      gsutil mb -l "${region}" -p "${PROJECT}" "${staging_bucket}"
     fi
 
     local staging_path="${staging_bucket}/${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-devel"