diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index 8c7ed59..01fd811 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -790,12 +790,17 @@ doUpdate() {
 
     if [ -n "${arkStagingDir}" -a "${arkStagingDir}" != "${arkserverroot}" ]; then
       if [ ! -d "$arkStagingDir/ShooterGame" ]; then
-        cp -al "$arkserverroot/ShooterGame/." "$arkStagingDir/ShooterGame"
-        cp -al "$arkserverroot/Engine/." "$arkStagingDir/Engine"
-        cp -al "$arkserverroot/linux64/." "$arkStagingDir/linux64"
-        cp -al "$arkserverroot/PackageInfo.bin" "$arkStagingDir/PackageInfo.bin"
-        cp -al "$arkserverroot/steamclient.so" "$arkStagingDir/steamclient.so"
-        cp -a "$arkserverroot/steamapps/." "$arkStagingDir/steamapps"
+        mkdir -p "$arkStagingDir"
+        if [ "$(stat -c "%d" "$arkserverroot")" == "$(stat -c "%d" "$arkStagingDir")" ]; then
+          cp -al "$arkserverroot/ShooterGame/." "$arkStagingDir/ShooterGame"
+          cp -al "$arkserverroot/Engine/." "$arkStagingDir/Engine"
+          cp -al "$arkserverroot/linux64/." "$arkStagingDir/linux64"
+          cp -al "$arkserverroot/PackageInfo.bin" "$arkStagingDir/PackageInfo.bin"
+          cp -al "$arkserverroot/steamclient.so" "$arkStagingDir/steamclient.so"
+          cp -a "$arkserverroot/steamapps/." "$arkStagingDir/steamapps"
+        else
+          rsync -a "$arkserverroot/." "$arkStagingDir/."
+        fi
         rm -rf "$arkStagingDir/ShooterGame/Content/Mods/"*
         rm -rf "$arkStagingDir/ShooterGame/Saved/"*
       fi
@@ -853,12 +858,16 @@ doUpdate() {
 
     if [ -n "$appupdate" ]; then
       if [ -d "${arkStagingDir}" -a "${arkStagingDir}" != "${arkserverroot}" ]; then
-        cp -alu --remove-destination "$arkStagingDir/ShooterGame/." "$arkserverroot/ShooterGame"
-        cp -alu --remove-destination "$arkStagingDir/Engine/." "$arkserverroot/Engine"
-        cp -alu --remove-destination "$arkStagingDir/linux64/." "$arkserverroot/linux64"
-        cp -alu --remove-destination "$arkStagingDir/PackageInfo.bin" "$arkserverroot/PackageInfo.bin"
-        cp -alu --remove-destination "$arkStagingDir/steamclient.so" "$arkserverroot/steamclient.so"
-        cp -au --remove-destination "$arkStagingDir/steamapps/." "$arkserverroot/steamapps"
+        if [ "$(stat -c "%d" "$arkserverroot")" == "$(stat -c "%d" "$arkStagingDir")" ]; then
+          cp -alu --remove-destination "$arkStagingDir/ShooterGame/." "$arkserverroot/ShooterGame"
+          cp -alu --remove-destination "$arkStagingDir/Engine/." "$arkserverroot/Engine"
+          cp -alu --remove-destination "$arkStagingDir/linux64/." "$arkserverroot/linux64"
+          cp -alu --remove-destination "$arkStagingDir/PackageInfo.bin" "$arkserverroot/PackageInfo.bin"
+          cp -alu --remove-destination "$arkStagingDir/steamclient.so" "$arkserverroot/steamclient.so"
+          cp -au --remove-destination "$arkStagingDir/steamapps/." "$arkserverroot/steamapps"
+        else
+          rsync -a "$arkStagingDir/." "$arkserverroot"
+        fi
       else
         cd "$steamcmdroot"
         ./$steamcmdexec +@NoPromptForPassword 1 +login ${steamlogin:-anonymous} +force_install_dir "$arkserverroot" +app_update $appid $validate +quit