diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2bbda7d6ef7885242bab533e3fb296e6596ec02b..69f9d9fd603a3e5bdb08794ae09ea8c62676c7a6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ publish:
     - touch ~/.ssh/id_rsa
     - chmod 0600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
     - echo "$SSH_KEY" >> ~/.ssh/id_rsa
-    - rsync -av -t -i --stats -e "ssh -l $SSH_USER -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -p $SSH_PORT" _build/html/ "$RSYNC_TARGET"
+    - rsync -av -I -t -i --stats -e "ssh -l $SSH_USER -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -p $SSH_PORT" _build/html/ "$RSYNC_TARGET"
   only:
     - master