diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 72e70848..36586732 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ jobs:
           command: docker exec -t --workdir ${APP_DIR} ${CONTAINER_NAME} ./script/alpine_setup
       - run:
           name: "Copy System Site Packages into the Container"
-          command: docker cp ${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES_DIR}/. ${CONTAINER_NAME}:${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES_DIR}
+          command: docker cp -a ${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES_DIR}/. ${CONTAINER_NAME}:${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES_DIR}
       - run:
           name: "Copy USR_BIN Contents into the Container"
-          command: docker cp ${USR_BIN_DIR}/. ${CONTAINER_NAME}:${USR_BIN_DIR}
+          command: docker cp -a ${USR_BIN_DIR}/. ${CONTAINER_NAME}:${USR_BIN_DIR}
       - run:
           name: "Run Fix Permissions"
           command: docker exec -t --workdir ${APP_DIR} ${CONTAINER_NAME} ./script/fix_permissions ${APP_USER} ${APP_GROUP}