diff --git a/config-wine-hawc2.sh b/config-wine-hawc2.sh
index 375891278a73cc5476d4ffb6b6a86863ed6673ab..1ac9a6af220b00a88f0c9da41fa435f3ef41a9b5 100755
--- a/config-wine-hawc2.sh
+++ b/config-wine-hawc2.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ function wine_init_config () {
     mkdir -p $EXE_DIR_UNIX
 
     echo "-------- copying HAWC2 executables from/to:"
-    echo "$CP_EXE_FROM/*  $EXE_DIR_UNIX/"
-    cp $CP_EXE_FROM/* "$EXE_DIR_UNIX/"
+    echo "$CP_EXE_FROM/*  $EXE_DIR_UNIX"
+    rsync -a $CP_EXE_FROM/* "$EXE_DIR_UNIX"
 
     # add C:\bin (/home/$USER/$WINEDIRNAME/drive_c/bin/) to Windows PATH variable
     EXE_DIR_WINE="z:""$EXE_DIR_UNIX"