diff --git a/maven-meeper/src/bin/codehaus/sync-codehaus b/maven-meeper/src/bin/codehaus/sync-codehaus
index 41441eca69..fdd7cd0ffe 100755
--- a/maven-meeper/src/bin/codehaus/sync-codehaus
+++ b/maven-meeper/src/bin/codehaus/sync-codehaus
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 umask 002
 
-rsync -rvl --size-only dist.codehaus.org::dist /public/html/maven
+rsync -rvl --size-only --ignore-existing --rsh="ssh -l rsync" dist.codehaus.org:/dist/ /public/html/maven