diff --git a/assemblers/org.osbuild.ostree.commit b/assemblers/org.osbuild.ostree.commit
index b97257ef..83850f7d 100755
--- a/assemblers/org.osbuild.ostree.commit
+++ b/assemblers/org.osbuild.ostree.commit
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ TOPLEVEL_LINKS = {
 
 def copy(name, source, dest):
     subprocess.run(["cp", "--reflink=auto", "-a",
-                    os.path.join(source, name),
+                    os.path.join(source, name, "."),
                     os.path.join(dest, name)],
                    check=True)