diff --git a/install b/install
index 7fbdaa0..dd35d08 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ import sys
 
 try:
   shutil.copy('./cheat', '/usr/local/bin/')
-  shutil.copy('./.cheat/', expanduser('~'))
+  shutil.copytree('./.cheat/', expanduser('~'))
 except IOError as e:
    print >> sys.stderr, "This installer must be run as root."
    sys.exit(1)
-
-# don't forget to chown back to the normal user