diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 4cb1c6b..635db69 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ steps:
   image: alpine
   commands:
   - sh compile.sh
-  - apk add openssh
+  - apk add rsync openssh
   - sh deploy.sh
   environment:
     SSH_CONNECTION_STRING:
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 1799e5c..019e23d 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 set -e
 
 echo $SSH_KEY | base64 -d >> /tmp/key
-chmod -R 0600 /tmp/key
-scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i /tmp/key -r dist/* $SSH_CONNECTION_STRING:~
 
+chmod -R 0600 /tmp/key
+rsync -e "ssh -i /tmp/key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" -avz dist/* $SSH_CONNECTION_STRING:~
+
+echo "finished copying to remote host..."
 rm /tmp/key