Outside Door handle adjustment

Why hello everyone!

I started to reassemble the car after paint and have all the new paint gaskets going on. Well I installed new ones on the outside door handle of my 71 Scamp. Bolted the door in and tried it out. It would not unlock the latch. I had to open it from the inside. I've looked and look and there does not seem to be any sort of adjustment. It appears that the bar from the handle to the latch is not long enough. Does anyone have any ideas? Everything worked prior to me removing the handle