diff --git a/bb2etp/core.py b/bb2etp/core.py
index 9a5d46039106e854c3c6272c0c4dc7257dffe8a3..a2bba82900cd9a1cd3e9168efd48aab3cd92e8bf 100644
--- a/bb2etp/core.py
+++ b/bb2etp/core.py
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class BeambackgroundMetadata:
             self.on_etp
         ), "Executions does not seem to be on ETP. Ceph paths are not accessible."
         assert self.kek_path is not None, "kek_paths is None. Please set the paths."
-        os.system(f"rsync -acz -r --mkpath --stats -h --progress --{host}:{self.kek_path} {self.ceph_path}")
+        os.system(f"rsync -acz -r --mkpath --stats -h --progress {host}:{self.kek_path} {self.ceph_path}")
 
 
 def get_beam_background_by_key(key: str, json_data: str = json_default_path):