diff --git a/sync.sh b/sync.sh
index eebb7854a56688b7ae1eb273258c824643f77eca..581d5c6b181207ed95415e2faa56e7e37564258a 100644
--- a/sync.sh
+++ b/sync.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ warning "Starting at $(date -u)"
 
 find overlay/ -type f -name .gitkeep -delete
 
-LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 rsync -avn --delete-after --exclude '*-opkg' -e "ssh -p ${OPENWRT_SSH_PORT:-22}" overlay/ "${OPENWRT_SSH_HOST:-root@192.168.0.1}:/overlay/upper/" || die "Couldn't rsync config"
+LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 rsync -acxvn --delete-after --exclude '*-opkg' -e "ssh -p ${OPENWRT_SSH_PORT:-22}" overlay/ "${OPENWRT_SSH_HOST:-root@192.168.0.1}:/overlay/upper/" || die "Couldn't rsync config"
 
 success "Done at $(date -u)"