diff --git a/pkgs/sane-scripts/src/sane-rcp b/pkgs/sane-scripts/src/sane-rcp
index 643e5b39..46d6caa3 100755
--- a/pkgs/sane-scripts/src/sane-rcp
+++ b/pkgs/sane-scripts/src/sane-rcp
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
-# copy some remote file(s) to the working directory, with sane defaults
-rsync -arv --progress --append-verify "$@" .
+# rsync, with sane defaults
+# + verbosity
+# + default to cwd as destination if none is provided
+dest=
+if (( $# <= 1 )); then
+        # rsync to the current directory by default
+        dest='.'
+fi
+rsync -arv --progress --append-verify "$@" $dest