diff --git a/asci_to_vault.py b/asci_to_vault.py
index f01c653302a76ad919833ffd5a0d0f2ed38a38e8..d62d911083806dc162029d1edc13ae1217397542 100644
--- a/asci_to_vault.py
+++ b/asci_to_vault.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class Logger(object):
         self.log.flush()
 
 
-def tar_and_send_directory(node):
+def send_directory(node):
     """Sends all files in the node.src directory to the node.dest directory
     across an ssh connection using the cpio command to tar the files into a
     single tarball. The destination tarball is named after the directories
@@ -119,11 +119,9 @@ def tar_and_send_directory(node):
         # No files at this node, just return
         print('No files to transfer')
     elif node.count == 1:
-        # Only one file. No need to tar. Just copy unchanged.
+        # Only one file. Just copy unchanged.
         output = subprocess.run(
-            f"ssh {REMOTE_LOGIN} 'cd {node.src};"
-            f"find -maxdepth 1 -type f | cpio -o' |"
-            f"cat > {node.dest}/{files}",
+            f"scp -q {REMOTE_LOGIN}:{node.src}/{files} {node.dest}",
             shell=True,
             check=True
         )
@@ -192,7 +190,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         if not node.processed:
             pathlib.Path(node.dest).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
             os.chmod(node.dest, 0o770)
-            tar_and_send_directory(node)
+            send_directory(node)
 
         # pickle the tree to keep a record of the processed state
         with open(PICKLE_FILENAME, 'wb') as f: