diff --git a/bin/dfilter b/bin/dfilter
index 140bf78..c78557a 100755
--- a/bin/dfilter
+++ b/bin/dfilter
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dest="$3"
 root="$(pwd)"
 
 rm -r "$dest"
-cp -r "$src" "$dest"
+rsync -a --exclude '.*' "$src" "$dest"
 
 files="$(find "$dest" -type f)"