diff --git a/home/default.nix b/home/default.nix
index 8490be94..05ecad26 100644
--- a/home/default.nix
+++ b/home/default.nix
@@ -222,9 +222,10 @@
                 TMP_SOURCE=$TMP_SOURCE/
                 NIX_REPLACE="${pkgs.fd}/bin/fd -g '**' $TMP_TARGET -tfile -x $NIX_SED {};"
               fi
-              ${pkgs.rsync}/bin/rsync -avzL $SOURCE /tmp/config-$TARGET
+              ${pkgs.rsync}/bin/rsync -avzL --exclude=".git*" $SOURCE /tmp/config-$TARGET
+              ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chmod u+rw -R $TMP_SOURCE
               ${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh -c "$NIX_REPLACE"
-              ${pkgs.rsync}/bin/rsync -avzL $TMP_SOURCE $HOST:.config/$TARGET
+              ${pkgs.rsync}/bin/rsync -avzL --exclude=".git*" $TMP_SOURCE $HOST:.config/$TARGET
               ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/rm -rf $TMP_SOURCE
             fi
           done