diff --git a/.github/workflows/scraper.yml b/.github/workflows/scraper.yml
index 41e1765..2a3d7a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scraper.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scraper.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   scrape-data:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout scraping repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -37,13 +39,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Copy catalog.json from QuACS data
         run: |
           CURRENT_TERM="$(grep quatalog-data/terms_list.json -e 'current_term' | cut -f4 -d '"')"
-          cp "quacs-data/semester_data/$CURRENT_TERM/catalog.json" quatalog-data/catalog.json
+          rsync -avz "quacs-data/semester_data/$CURRENT_TERM/catalog.json" quatalog-data/catalog.json
           
       - name: Push new data
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        working-directory: ./quatalog-data
         run: |
-          cd quatalog-data
           git config --global user.name "Quatalog Updater"
           git config --global user.email "github_actions@quatalog.com"
           git add terms_offered.json prerequisites.json terms_list.json catalog.json