diff --git a/icrc-sync b/icrc-sync
index 8b78d07..532c820 100755
--- a/icrc-sync
+++ b/icrc-sync
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ echo $repolist
 cd ~/vcs
 for repo in $repolist; do
     if [ "$fromto" = "from" ]; then
-        rsync -av --delete icrcnb:${dir}/${repo}/ ~/vcs/icrc-${repo}
+        mkdir -p ~/vcs/icrc-${repo}
+        rsync -av --delete icrcnb:${dir}/${repo}/.git/ ~/vcs/icrc-${repo}/.git
     fi
     if [ "$fromto" = "to" ]; then
-        rsync -av --delete  ~/vcs/icrc-${repo}/ icrcnb:${dir}/${repo}/
+        rsync -av --delete  ~/vcs/icrc-${repo}/.git/ icrcnb:${dir}/${repo}/.git
     fi
 done