diff --git a/configuration/environments_scripts/repo/usr/local/bin/imageupgrade_functions.sh b/configuration/environments_scripts/repo/usr/local/bin/imageupgrade_functions.sh
index 60b199e4ed5..9c99be11172 100755
--- a/configuration/environments_scripts/repo/usr/local/bin/imageupgrade_functions.sh
+++ b/configuration/environments_scripts/repo/usr/local/bin/imageupgrade_functions.sh
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ build_crontab_and_setup_files() {
     local GIT_COPY_USER="$2"
     #3 relative path to git within the git user
     local RELATIVE_PATH_TO_GIT="$3"
-    TEMP_ENVIRONMENTS_SCRIPTS=\$(mktemp /root/environments_scriptsXXX)
-    scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -r "wiki@sapsailing.com:~/gitwiki/configuration/environments_scripts/*" "${TEMP_ENVIRONMENTS_SCRIPTS}"
+    TEMP_ENVIRONMENTS_SCRIPTS=$(mktemp /root/environments_scriptsXXX)
+    scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -pr "wiki@sapsailing.com:~/gitwiki/configuration/environments_scripts/*" "${TEMP_ENVIRONMENTS_SCRIPTS}"
     chown root:root "$TEMP_ENVIRONMENTS_SCRIPTS"
     cd "${TEMP_ENVIRONMENTS_SCRIPTS}"
     ./build-crontab-and-cp-files "${ENVIRONMENT_TYPE}" "${GIT_COPY_USER}" "${RELATIVE_PATH_TO_GIT}"
@@ -186,4 +186,4 @@ EOF
     service fail2ban start
     yum remove -y firewalld
     
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}