diff --git a/sync-pictures b/sync-pictures
index 5b71581..a285eca 100755
--- a/sync-pictures
+++ b/sync-pictures
@@ -61,15 +61,20 @@ fi
 # 2. One-way rsync contents of ~/Pictures → share subpath
 MP="${MOUNTPOINT}/${SUBPATH}"
 echo "[sync-pictures] Syncing ${SOURCE}/ → ${MP}/"
-RSYNC_FLAGS=(-vu --progress --stats --exclude=".DS_Store")
-if [ -z "${RECURSIVE}" ]; then
-  RSYNC_FLAGS+=(--exclude='*/')
+if [ -n "${RECURSIVE}" ]; then
+  rsync -vur \
+    "${SOURCE}/" \
+    "${MP}/" \
+    --progress --stats \
+    --exclude=".DS_Store"
+else
+  rsync -vu --exclude='*/' \
+    "${SOURCE}/" \
+    "${MP}/" \
+    --progress --stats \
+    --exclude=".DS_Store"
 fi
 
-rsync "${RSYNC_FLAGS[@]}" \
-  "${SOURCE}/" \
-  "${MP}/"
-
 # 3. Run neatcli organize on both source and dest
 if command -v neatcli &>/dev/null; then
   echo "[sync-pictures] Organizing source: ${SOURCE}"