diff --git a/example/kiwi.yml b/example/kiwi.yml
index a9f55fa..188a0e8 100644
--- a/example/kiwi.yml
+++ b/example/kiwi.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # kiwi-scp instance configuration #
 ###################################
 
-version: 0.2.0
+version: 0.2.1
 
 shells:
   - /bin/bash
diff --git a/kiwi_scp/config.py b/kiwi_scp/config.py
index c60f81c..e674a9c 100644
--- a/kiwi_scp/config.py
+++ b/kiwi_scp/config.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class InvalidFormatError(ValueError):
     member: Optional[str]
     data: str
 
-    def __init__(self, cls, data, member = None):
+    def __init__(self, cls, data, member=None):
         self.cls = cls
         self.data = data
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class MissingMemberError(ValueError):
 class KiwiConfig(BaseModel):
     """represents a kiwi.yml"""
 
-    version: constr(regex=RE_SEMVER) = "0.2.0"
+    version: constr(regex=RE_SEMVER) = "0.2.1"
 
     shells: List[Path] = [
         Path("/bin/bash"),
diff --git a/kiwi_scp/instance.py b/kiwi_scp/instance.py
index c40e1f7..13f6047 100644
--- a/kiwi_scp/instance.py
+++ b/kiwi_scp/instance.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ class Instance:
         return self.directory.joinpath(CONFIG_DIRECTORY_NAME)
 
     @property
-    def storage_config_directory(self):
-        return self.config.storage.directory.joinpath(CONFIG_DIRECTORY_NAME)
+    def storage_directory(self):
+        return self.config.storage.directory
 
     @staticmethod
     def __find_net(net_name):
diff --git a/kiwi_scp/rootkit.py b/kiwi_scp/rootkit.py
index 1be6ab6..22cade4 100644
--- a/kiwi_scp/rootkit.py
+++ b/kiwi_scp/rootkit.py
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ class Rootkit:
                 return argument
 
             elif isinstance(argument, Path):
-                if argument.is_absolute():
-                    argument = argument.relative_to("/")
-
+                argument = argument.absolute().relative_to("/")
                 return str(ROOTKIT_PREFIX.joinpath(argument))
 
             elif not isinstance(argument, Sequence):
diff --git a/kiwi_scp/services.py b/kiwi_scp/services.py
index f1b3455..8aad20e 100644
--- a/kiwi_scp/services.py
+++ b/kiwi_scp/services.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List, Generator, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING, TypeVar, Union
+from typing import List, Generator, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import attr
 
@@ -44,36 +44,20 @@ class Services:
             yield from service.configs
 
     def copy_configs(self) -> None:
-        path_str_list = TypeVar("path_str_list", Union[Path, str], List[Union[Path, str]])
-
-        def prefix_path(path: path_str_list, prefix: Path) -> path_str_list:
-            if isinstance(path, Path):
-                return prefix.absolute().joinpath(path)
-
-            elif isinstance(path, str):
-                return prefix_path(Path(path), prefix)
-
-            elif isinstance(path, list):
-                return [prefix_path(p, prefix) for p in path]
-
         project = self.parent_project
+        configs = list(self.configs)
 
-        if project is None:
+        if project is None or not configs:
             return
 
         instance = project.parent_instance
-        cfgs = list(self.configs)
-
-        local_cfgs = prefix_path(cfgs, instance.config_directory)
-        storage_cfgs = prefix_path(cfgs, instance.storage_config_directory)
-        storage_dirs = [path.parent for path in storage_cfgs]
 
         Rootkit("rsync").run([
-            "mkdir", "-p", storage_dirs
+            "mkdir", "-p", instance.storage_directory
         ], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
 
         Rootkit("rsync").run([
-            "rsync", "-rpt", list(zip(local_cfgs, storage_cfgs))
+            "rsync", "-rpt", instance.config_directory, instance.storage_directory
         ], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
 
     @property
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7407cf8..898f997 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "kiwi-scp"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 description = "kiwi is the simple tool for managing container servers."
 authors = ["ldericher <40151420+ldericher@users.noreply.github.com>"]