diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 593b58d5f0608bbb2d31fdd0ea692e3260f49d97..082ea2c80c0cf99dc58c9ca04a8aae218b85037c 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ sync_comics () {
     local this_month last_month
     this_month="$( date '+xbmc.shore.co.il:/srv/library/Comics/0-Day\ Week\ of\ %Y.%m.*' )"
     last_month="$( date --date '1 month ago' '+xbmc.shore.co.il:/srv/library/Comics/0-Day\ Week\ of\ %Y.%m.*' )"
-    rsync --ignore-missing-args --recursive --compress --progress --exclude "*.part" "$last_month" "$this_month" "$HOME/Downloads/Comics/"
+    rsync --prune-empty-dirs --ignore-missing-args --recursive --compress --progress --exclude "*.part" "$last_month" "$this_month" "$HOME/Downloads/Comics/"
     find "$HOME/Downloads/Comics/" -name "$(date --date '2 month ago' +'0-Day\ Week\ of\ %Y.%m.*')" -print0 | xargs -r0 rm -r
 }