diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8e56896..d48f986 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -236,10 +236,10 @@ install-common: install-doc
 	install -m 0755 misc/qubes-run-terminal $(DESTDIR)/$(BINDIR)
 	install -D -m 0644 misc/qubes-run-terminal.desktop $(DESTDIR)/$(APPLICATIONSDIR)/qubes-run-terminal.desktop
 	install -m 0755 qubes-rpc/qvm-sync-clock $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/qvm-sync-clock
-	install qubes-rpc/{qvm-open-in-dvm,qvm-open-in-vm,qvm-copy-to-vm,qvm-run-vm} $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin
-	install qubes-rpc/qvm-copy $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin
-	ln -s qvm-copy-to-vm $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/qvm-move-to-vm
+	install qubes-rpc/{qvm-open-in-dvm,qvm-open-in-vm,qvm-copy,qvm-run-vm} $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin
+	ln -s qvm-copy $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/qvm-move-to-vm
 	ln -s qvm-copy $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/qvm-move
+	ln -s qvm-copy $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/qvm-copy-to-vm
 	install qubes-rpc/qvm-copy-to-vm.gnome $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/qubes
 	ln -s qvm-copy-to-vm.gnome $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/qubes/qvm-move-to-vm.gnome
 	ln -s qvm-copy-to-vm.gnome $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/qubes/qvm-copy-to-vm.kde
diff --git a/qubes-rpc/qvm-copy b/qubes-rpc/qvm-copy
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index d77e7a5..1437d95
--- a/qubes-rpc/qvm-copy
+++ b/qubes-rpc/qvm-copy
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 #
-# The Qubes OS Project, https://www.qubes-os.org
+# The Qubes OS Project, https://www.qubes-os.org#
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2017 Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
 #
@@ -21,5 +21,68 @@ set -e
 #
 #
 
-# shellcheck disable=SC2016
-exec "$0-to-vm" '$default' "$@"
+PROGRAM_NAME=${0##*/}
+
+if [ "$PROGRAM_NAME" = "qvm-move-to-vm" ] || [ "$PROGRAM_NAME" = "qvm-move" ]; then
+  OPERATION_TYPE="move"
+else
+  OPERATION_TYPE="copy"
+fi
+
+if [ "$PROGRAM_NAME" = "qvm-move-to-vm" ] || [ "$PROGRAM_NAME" = "qvm-copy-to-vm" ]; then
+  TARGET_TYPE="vm"
+else
+  TARGET_TYPE="default"
+fi
+
+
+if { [ $# -lt 2 ] && [ "$TARGET_TYPE" = "vm" ];} || { [ $# -lt 1 ] && [ "$TARGET_TYPE" = "default" ];} ; then
+
+	if [ $TARGET_TYPE = "vm" ]; then
+		echo "usage: $0 [--without-progress] destination_qube_name FILE [FILE ...]"
+	else
+		echo "usage: $0 [--without-progress] FILE [FILE ...]"
+	fi
+
+	echo
+
+	if [ $OPERATION_TYPE = "move" ] ; then
+		echo "Move FILE to ~/QubesIncoming/[THIS QUBE'S NAME]/ in the destination qube."
+	else
+		echo "Copy FILE to ~/QubesIncoming/[THIS QUBE'S NAME]/ in the destination qube."
+	fi
+
+	echo
+	echo "You will be prompted to select the destination qube. If FILE is a directory, it will be copied recursively."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = "--without-progress" ] ; then
+	export PROGRESS_TYPE=none
+	shift
+else
+	export PROGRESS_TYPE=console
+fi
+
+if [ "$TARGET_TYPE" = "vm" ]; then
+  VM="$1"
+  shift
+else
+  VM="@default"
+fi
+
+if [ $PROGRESS_TYPE = console ] ; then
+    FILECOPY_TOTAL_SIZE=$(du --apparent-size -c -- "$@" 2> /dev/null | tail -1 | cut -f 1)
+    export FILECOPY_TOTAL_SIZE
+fi
+
+if [ "$TARGET_TYPE" = "vm" ]; then
+    echo "qvm-copy-to-vm/qvm-move-to-vm tools are deprecated," >&2
+    echo "use qvm-copy/qvm-move to avoid typing target qube name twice" >&2
+fi
+
+/usr/lib/qubes/qrexec-client-vm "$VM" qubes.Filecopy /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-agent "$@"
+
+if [ "$OPERATION_TYPE" = "move" ] ; then
+	rm -rf -- "$@"
+fi
diff --git a/qubes-rpc/qvm-copy-to-vm b/qubes-rpc/qvm-copy-to-vm
deleted file mode 100755
index 7208e3e..0000000
--- a/qubes-rpc/qvm-copy-to-vm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-#
-# The Qubes OS Project, http://www.qubes-os.org
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2010  Rafal Wojtczuk  <rafal@invisiblethingslab.com>
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
-# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
-#
-#
-
-if [ $# -lt 2 ] ; then
-
-	if [ "${0##*/}" = "qvm-move-to-vm" ] || [ "${0##*/}" = "qvm-copy-to-vm" ]; then
-		echo "usage: $0 [--without-progress] destination_qube_name FILE [FILE ...]"
-	else
-		echo "usage: $0 [--without-progress] FILE [FILE ...]"
-	fi
-
-	echo
-
-	if [ "${0##*/}" = "qvm-move-to-vm" ] || [ "${0##*/}" = "qvm-move" ] ; then
-		echo "Move FILE to ~/QubesIncoming/[THIS QUBE'S NAME]/ in the destination qube."
-	else
-		echo "Copy FILE to ~/QubesIncoming/[THIS QUBE'S NAME]/ in the destination qube."
-	fi
-
-	echo
-	echo "You will be prompted to select the destination qube. If FILE is a directory, it will be copied recursively."
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ "$1" = "--without-progress" ] ; then
-	export PROGRESS_TYPE=none
-	shift
-else
-	export PROGRESS_TYPE=console
-fi
-
-
-VM="$1"
-shift
-
-if [ $PROGRESS_TYPE = console ] ; then
-    FILECOPY_TOTAL_SIZE=$(du --apparent-size -c -- "$@" 2> /dev/null | tail -1 | cut -f 1)
-    export FILECOPY_TOTAL_SIZE
-fi
-
-if [ "$VM" != \$default ]; then
-    echo "qvm-copy-to-vm/qvm-move-to-vm tools are deprecated," >&2
-    echo "use qvm-copy/qvm-move to avoid typing target qube name twice" >&2
-fi
-
-/usr/lib/qubes/qrexec-client-vm "$VM" qubes.Filecopy /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-agent "$@"
-
-if [ "${0##*/}" = "qvm-move-to-vm" ] || [ "${0##*/}" = "qvm-move" ] ; then
-	rm -rf -- "$@"
-fi