diff --git a/ofgwrite b/ofgwrite
index 0fad397..01871ad 100755
--- a/ofgwrite
+++ b/ofgwrite
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 mkdir /newroot
 mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /newroot
-cp /usr/bin/ofgwrite_bin /newroot/
+cp -p /usr/bin/ofgwrite_bin /newroot/
 /newroot/ofgwrite_bin "$@"