diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4083316..04b05bb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,19 +13,18 @@ MAKEPAGES := $(TMPDIR)/make-pages
 
 YAMLS != find $(DATADIR) -name $(INFONAME)
 
-SCRIPTS := $(wildcard script/*.js)
-
+SCRIPTS   != find script -name '*.js'
 STYLES    != find style -name '*.css'
 STYLESVGS != find style -name '*.svg'
 STYLEPNGS != find style -name '*.png'
 
-FONTS := $(shell find fonts \
+FONTS != find fonts \
   -iname '*.eot'   -or -iname '*.svg'  -or \
   -iname '*.ttf'   -or -iname '*.woff' -or \
-  -iname '*.woff2' -or -iname '*.css')
+  -iname '*.woff2' -or -iname '*.css'
 
-STATIC  := $(SCRIPTS) $(STYLES) $(STYLEPNGS) $(STYLESVGS) $(FONTS)
-BSTATIC := $(patsubst %,$(BUILDDIR)/%,$(STATIC))
+STATIC  = $(SCRIPTS) $(STYLES) $(STYLEPNGS) $(STYLESVGS) $(FONTS)
+BSTATIC = $(patsubst %,$(BUILDDIR)/%,$(STATIC))
 
 .PHONY: all build
 all: build
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ $(BUILDDIR)/%: %
 	$(call copy)
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/%: $(TMPDIR)/%
-	$(call copy)
+	$(call copy,-l)
 
 
 $(TMPDIR)/%_small.png: $(DATADIR)/%.png
@@ -96,11 +95,11 @@ upload: build
 	  $(BUILDDIR)/ $(HOST):$(REMOTE_DIR)/
 
 
-# no args
+# one arg for extra flags
 define copy
 echo "[copy]    "$@
 mkdir -p "$(dir $@)"
-cp -Ll "$^" "$@"
+cp $(1) -L "$^" "$@"
 endef
 
 # args:
diff --git a/make-pages/Depend.hs b/make-pages/Depend.hs
index f1a31f3..ceb9339 100644
--- a/make-pages/Depend.hs
+++ b/make-pages/Depend.hs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ makeRules prefix filters build data_ tmp = [b|@0
     	$$(call depend-single,$@prefix,$@build,$@data_,$flags)
 
     $@buildPrefix/%: $@tmp/%
-    	$$(call copy)
+    	$$(call copy,-l)
 
     $@buildPrefix/%: $@data_/%
     	$$(call copy)