diff --git a/ci-scripts/sshconnection.py b/ci-scripts/sshconnection.py
index 035da71426..0946ce0f34 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/sshconnection.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/sshconnection.py
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ class SSHConnection():
 	def copyin(self, ipaddress, username, password, source, destination):
 		count = 0
 		copy_status = False
-		logging.debug('scp '+ username + '@' + ipaddress + ':' + source + ' ' + destination)
+		logging.debug('scp -r '+ username + '@' + ipaddress + ':' + source + ' ' + destination)
 		while count < 10:
-			scp_spawn = pexpect.spawn('scp '+ username + '@' + ipaddress + ':' + source + ' ' + destination, timeout = 100)
+			scp_spawn = pexpect.spawn('scp -r '+ username + '@' + ipaddress + ':' + source + ' ' + destination, timeout = 100)
 			scp_response = scp_spawn.expect(['Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?', 'password:', pexpect.EOF, pexpect.TIMEOUT])
 			if scp_response == 0:
 				scp_spawn.sendline('yes')
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ class SSHConnection():
 	def copyout(self, ipaddress, username, password, source, destination):
 		count = 0
 		copy_status = False
-		logging.debug('scp ' + source + ' ' + username + '@' + ipaddress + ':' + destination)
+		logging.debug('scp -r ' + source + ' ' + username + '@' + ipaddress + ':' + destination)
 		while count < 4:
-			scp_spawn = pexpect.spawn('scp ' + source + ' ' + username + '@' + ipaddress + ':' + destination, timeout = 100)
+			scp_spawn = pexpect.spawn('scp -r ' + source + ' ' + username + '@' + ipaddress + ':' + destination, timeout = 100)
 			scp_response = scp_spawn.expect(['Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?', 'password:', pexpect.EOF, pexpect.TIMEOUT])
 			if scp_response == 0:
 				scp_spawn.sendline('yes')