diff --git a/certbot-replicate b/certbot-replicate
index 42fd9eb2..c5726a36 100755
--- a/certbot-replicate
+++ b/certbot-replicate
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ for replica in ${replicas[@]}; do
     echo Deploying to $replica
     echo
 
-    rsync -rptvl --fsync --delete /etc/letsencrypt/ $replica:/etc/letsencrypt &&
-        rsync -rptvl --fsync --delete /var/cache/certbot-ocsp-fetcher/ $replica:/var/cache/certbot-ocsp-fetcher &&
+    rsync -rptvl --delete --fsync --preallocate /etc/letsencrypt/ $replica:/etc/letsencrypt &&
+        rsync -rptvl --delete --fsync --preallocate /var/cache/certbot-ocsp-fetcher/ $replica:/var/cache/certbot-ocsp-fetcher &&
         ssh root@$replica nginx -s reload ||
         status=1
 done
diff --git a/deploy-static b/deploy-static
index ce96e6ac..4bf2506f 100755
--- a/deploy-static
+++ b/deploy-static
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ fi
 
 servers=({0..3}.grapheneos.org)
 
-rsync -ptcv --fsync --chmod=F755 certbot-replicate root@${servers[0]}:/usr/local/bin/
-rsync -ptcv --fsync --chmod=F644 replicate.conf root@${servers[0]}:/etc/systemd/system/certbot-renew.service.d/
+rsync -ptcv --chmod=F755 --fsync --preallocate certbot-replicate root@${servers[0]}:/usr/local/bin/
+rsync -ptcv --chmod=F644 --fsync --preallocate replicate.conf root@${servers[0]}:/etc/systemd/system/certbot-renew.service.d/
 
 for server in ${servers[@]}; do
     echo $server
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ for server in ${servers[@]}; do
     echo
 
     ssh $remote "rm -rf $target && cp -a $active $target"
-    rsync -rptcv --fsync --chmod=D755,F644 --delete static-tmp/ $remote:$target
+    rsync -rptcv --chmod=D755,F644 --delete --fsync --preallocate static-tmp/ $remote:$target
     ssh $remote "ln -snf $target /srv/grapheneos.org && sync /srv/grapheneos.org"
 
     echo "root $target;" > nginx-tmp/root_grapheneos.org.conf
-    rsync -rptcv --fsync --chmod=D755,F644 --delete nginx-tmp/{nginx.conf,mime.types,root_grapheneos.org.conf,snippets} $remote:/etc/nginx/
+    rsync -rptcv --chmod=D755,F644 --delete --fsync --preallocate nginx-tmp/{nginx.conf,mime.types,root_grapheneos.org.conf,snippets} $remote:/etc/nginx/
     ssh $remote nginx -s reload
 
     echo