diff --git a/setup-node-ubuntu.bash b/setup-node-ubuntu.bash
index 376ec2f..c82a5eb 100644
--- a/setup-node-ubuntu.bash
+++ b/setup-node-ubuntu.bash
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ if [ -n "${NODEJS_VER}" ]; then
   rm -rf ${NODEJS_UNTAR}/${NODEJS_NAME}-${NODEJS_VER}-linux-${ARCH} # clean up the temporary unzip folder
   rm ${NODEJS_UNTAR}/{LICENSE,CHANGELOG.md,README.md}
   if [ -n "$(command -v rsync 2>/dev/null | grep rsync)" ]; then
-    echo $sudo_cmd rsync -a "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/"
-    rsync -a "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/" || $sudo_cmd rsync -a "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/"
+    echo $sudo_cmd rsync -r "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/*" "$node_install_path/"
+    rsync -r "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/*" "$node_install_path/" || $sudo_cmd rsync -r "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/*" "$node_install_path/"
   else
-    echo $sudo_cmd cp -a "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/*" "$node_install_path/"
-    cp -a "${NODEJS_UNTAR}"/* "$node_install_path/" || $sudo_cmd cp -a "${NODEJS_UNTAR}"/* "$node_install_path/"
+    echo $sudo_cmd cp -PR "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/*" "$node_install_path/"
+    cp -PR "${NODEJS_UNTAR}"/* "$node_install_path/" || $sudo_cmd cp -PR "${NODEJS_UNTAR}"/* "$node_install_path/"
   fi
   rm -rf "${NODEJS_UNTAR}"
 
   chown -R $(whoami) "$node_install_path/lib/node_modules/" || $sudo_cmd chown -R $(whoami) "$node_install_path/lib/node_modules/"
   chown $(whoami) ""$node_install_path"/bin/" || $sudo_cmd chown $(whoami) ""$node_install_path"/bin/"
-fi
+fi
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