diff --git a/modserver_update.sh b/modserver_update.sh
index 8444d28..b41945b 100644
--- a/modserver_update.sh
+++ b/modserver_update.sh
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ update_mods_for_server() {
 
     mods_file="$MODLISTS/$1"
     map_name=${1%.txt}
-    map_mod_dir="$REMOTE_MODS/$map_name"
-    mkdir -p "$map_mod_dir"
+    remote_map_mod_dir="$REMOTE_MODS/$map_name"
+    mkdir -p "$remote_map_mod_dir"
 
     # Create temporary file to list all the mod_id's we are
     # going to download. This speeds up steamcmd and avoids rate limits.
@@ -185,16 +185,16 @@ update_mods_for_server() {
         if [ ! -d "$LOCAL_MODS/steamapps/workshop/content/$DAYZ_GAME_ID/$mod_id" ] ; then
             die "$LOCAL_MODS/steamapps/workshop/content/$DAYZ_GAME_ID/$mod_id does not exist"
         fi
-        do_sync "$LOCAL_MODS/steamapps/workshop/content/$DAYZ_GAME_ID/$mod_id"/ "$mods_to_copy/@${mod_name}"
+        cp -raf "$LOCAL_MODS/steamapps/workshop/content/$DAYZ_GAME_ID/$mod_id" "$mods_to_copy/@${mod_name}"
         printf '@%s\n' "$mod_name" >> "$mods_to_copy/mods.txt"
     esac
     done < "$mods_file"
 
     msg "----------- SYNCING MODS -------------"
-    do_sync "$mods_to_copy"/ "$map_mod_dir"
+    do_sync "$mods_to_copy"/ "$remote_map_mod_dir"
 
     rm -f "$tempfile" 2>/dev/null ||:
-    unset tempfile mod map_name mods_file mods_to_copy mod_name mod_id map_mod_dir
+    unset tempfile mod map_name mods_file mods_to_copy mod_name mod_id remote_map_mod_dir
 
     msg "======= DONE UPDATING MODS FOR: $1 ========"
 }