diff --git a/cep-install.sh b/cep-install.sh
index 5a3a09e2e6893d35ea4f6189b2a6f0673c0f37f7..934ef50f16f5ff89a7ac27155b5fb9929a576a35 100755
--- a/cep-install.sh
+++ b/cep-install.sh
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ function lfc {
     ssh -AYCtt  ${USER}@portal.lofar.eu  "ssh -AYCtt  $1 'bash -ilc \"$2\"'"
 }
 
-rsync -avz --delete -e "ssh -A ${USER}@portal.lofar.eu ssh" ./ ${USER}@lhn001:pyautoplot/
+rsync -a --no-group -vz --delete -e "ssh -A ${USER}@portal.lofar.eu ssh" ./ ${USER}@lhn001:pyautoplot/