diff --git a/sync-from b/sync-from
index f13b42f..72fae45 100755
--- a/sync-from
+++ b/sync-from
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ sshconfig=$sshdir/config
 
 d1=$(date)
 set -x
-rsync -av -e "ssh -i $sshkey -F $sshconfig" --delete "$src" "$dst"
+rsync -avS -e "ssh -i $sshkey -F $sshconfig" --delete "$src" "$dst"
 echo $d1
 date
diff --git a/sync-to b/sync-to
index 0494ab7..3c85dc3 100755
--- a/sync-to
+++ b/sync-to
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ case "$dsthost" in
 esac
 
 start=$(date)
-rsync -av --delete --progress 	\
+rsync -avS --delete --progress 	\
 	--exclude '/proc/*' 	\
 	--exclude '/tmp/*' 	\
 	--exclude '/sys/*' 	\