diff --git a/collect-configs.sh b/collect-configs.sh
index 9573338..68576b0 100755
--- a/collect-configs.sh
+++ b/collect-configs.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-cp $HOME/.config/i3/config i3/config
-cp /etc/nixos/configuration.nix nixos/configuration.nix
-cp /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix nixos/hardware-configuration.nix
-cp /etc/nixos/security.nix nixos/security.nix
+rsync -rp $HOME/.config/i3 .
+rsync -rp /etc/nixos .
diff --git a/deploy-configs.sh b/deploy-configs.sh
index 640598e..12c343f 100755
--- a/deploy-configs.sh
+++ b/deploy-configs.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-cp i3/config $HOME/.config/i3/config
-cp nixos/configuration.nix /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
-cp nixos/hardware-configuration.nix /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix
-cp nixos/security.nix /etc/nixos/security.nix
+rsync -rp i3 $HOME/.config/i3
+rsync -rp nixos /etc/nixos