diff --git a/scripts/pre_cache.sh b/scripts/pre_cache.sh
index 76723c2fb2f40473433ac99c9513e06e8544d78a..d295f4031a280c3c6f5e040846deb3ffdcbed1fa 100755
--- a/scripts/pre_cache.sh
+++ b/scripts/pre_cache.sh
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ function prepopulate {
   if [[ ! -d $1 ]]; then
     mkdir -p "$1";
     FRESH_CACHE=$(find "/ci-cache/$CI_PROJECT_NAME/$2" -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 \
-      -type d -name "$CI_JOB_NAME" -not -path "$1" -exec stat --printf="%Y\t%n\n" {} \; |sort -n -r |head -1 |cut -f2);
+      -type d -name "$CI_JOB_NAME" -not -path "$1" -exec stat --printf="%Y\t%n\n" {} \; \
+      |sort -n -r |head -1 |cut -f2);
     if [[ -d "$FRESH_CACHE" ]]; then
       echo "____Using" "$FRESH_CACHE" "to prepopulate the cache____";
-      time cp -r "$FRESH_CACHE" "$1";
+      time cp -rf "$FRESH_CACHE" "$1";
     else
       echo "_____No such $2 dir, proceeding from scratch_____";
     fi