diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index a93ce9e..ed9d04a 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -1272,6 +1272,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	symlink("/busybox", "/sh");
+	symlink("/busybox", "/tar");
+
 	cmdline = read_cmdline();
 
 	setsid();
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index dc4a52b..94d87e3 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int hyper_copy_dir(char *src, char *dest) {
 		return -1;
 	} else {
 		char cmd[512];
-		snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "tar zcf - -C %s . | tar zfx - -C %s", src, dest);
+		snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "/tar cf - -C %s . | /tar fx - -C %s", src, dest);
 		fprintf(stdout, "command for copy is %s\n", cmd);
 
 		execlp("/busybox", "sh", "-c", cmd, NULL);