diff --git a/sync-pictures b/sync-pictures
index b98976d..56c0490 100755
--- a/sync-pictures
+++ b/sync-pictures
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ fi
 # 2. One-way rsync contents of ~/Pictures → share subpath
 MP="${MOUNTPOINT}/${SUBPATH}"
 echo "[sync-pictures] Syncing ${SOURCE}/ → ${MP}/"
-rsync -vrau \
+rsync -vu --exclude='*/' \
   "${SOURCE}/" \
   "${MP}/" \
   --progress --stats \