diff --git a/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/util.py b/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/util.py
index 1295e4c7..0a3cf7d0 100644
--- a/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/util.py
+++ b/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/util.py
@@ -177,8 +177,11 @@ async def copy(
     throw: bool = True,
     recursive: bool = False,
 ) -> Exception | str | list[str]:
+
+    # Destination address / addresses
+    ret: str | list[str]
     if not isinstance(src_uri, str):
-        ret: list[str] = []
+        ret = []
         for uri in src_uri:  # TODO: Group identical netlocs into one CopyContext
             rr = await copy(uri, dst, owner, group, mode, throw, recursive)
             if isinstance(rr, Exception):
@@ -190,72 +193,64 @@ async def copy(
             else:
                 raise Exception(f'copy() returned unexpected type {type(rr)}')
         return ret
-    from .CopyContext import CopyContext
 
-    async with CopyContext(src_uri, dst) as ctx:
-
-        async def __mkdir_p(path: str) -> None:
-            # -- Create each level of the destination path that does not
-            #    exist yet; put() does not create parent directories
-            cur = ''
-            for part in path.strip('/').split('/'):
-                cur = f'{cur}/{part}'
-                if not await ctx.dst.is_dir(cur):
-                    await ctx.dst.mkdir(cur)
-
-        async def __copy_tree(src_path: str, dst_path: str) -> list[str]:
-            ret: list[str] = []
-            for entry in await ctx.src.readdir(src_path):
-                s_path = f'{src_path}/{entry}'
-                d_path = f'{dst_path}/{entry}'
-                if await ctx.src.is_dir(s_path):
-                    await __mkdir_p(d_path)
-                    ret.extend(await __copy_tree(s_path, d_path))
-                else:
-                    result = await ctx.src.get(s_path, throw = True)
-                    parent = d_path.rpartition('/')[0]
-                    if parent:
-                        await __mkdir_p(parent)
-                    await ctx.dst.put(
-                        path = d_path,
-                        content = result.stdout,
-                        owner = owner,
-                        group = group,
-                        mode = mode,
-                        throw = True,
-                    )
-                    ret.append(d_path)
-            return ret
-
-        try:
-            if recursive and await ctx.src.is_dir(ctx.src.root):
-                # -- A directory source is mirrored below the destination
-                #    root: into it, if the root is an existing directory,
-                #    as it, if it does not exist yet
-                dst_root = ctx.dst.root
-                if await ctx.dst.is_dir(dst_root):
-                    dst_root += '/' + os.path.basename(src_uri)
-                await __mkdir_p(dst_root)
-                return await __copy_tree(ctx.src.root, dst_root)
-            result = await ctx.src.get(ctx.src.root, throw = True)
-            dst_path = ctx.dst.root
-            if await ctx.dst.is_dir(ctx.dst.root):
-                dst_path += '/' + os.path.basename(src_uri)
+    async def __copy_tree(src_path: str, dst_path: str) -> list[str]:
+        ret: list[str] = []
+        s_st = await ctx.src.stat(src_path)
+        if dst_path and not await ctx.dst.is_dir(dst_path):
+            await ctx.dst.mkdir(dst_path)
+        for dirent in await ctx.src.readdir(src_path):
+            s_path = f'{src_path}/{dirent}' if src_path else dirent
+            d_path = f'{dst_path}/{dirent}' if dst_path else dirent
+            s_st = await ctx.src.stat(s_path)
+            if s_st.is_dir:
+                ret.extend(await __copy_tree(s_path, d_path))
+                continue
+            result = await ctx.src.get(s_path, throw = True)
             await ctx.dst.put(
-                path = dst_path,
+                path = d_path,
                 content = result.stdout,
                 owner = owner,
                 group = group,
                 mode = mode,
                 throw = True,
             )
-            return dst_path
-        except Exception as e:
-            if throw:
-                raise
-            log(ERR, f'Failed to copy {src_uri} -> {dst} ({str(e)})')
-            return e
-    assert False, 'Unreachable code'
+            ret.append(d_path)
+        return ret
+
+    try:
+
+        from .CopyContext import CopyContext
+
+        async with CopyContext(src_uri, dst) as ctx:
+
+            ret = '' if ctx.dst.chroot else ctx.dst.root
+            if ret:
+                # Land the source's basename within existing destination directories
+                basename = os.path.basename(Uri(src_uri).path.rstrip('/'))
+                if basename and await ctx.dst.is_dir(ret):
+                    ret += '/' + basename
+            src_root = '' if ctx.src.chroot else ctx.src.root
+
+            if recursive and await ctx.src.is_dir(src_root):
+                return await __copy_tree(src_root, ret)
+
+            result = await ctx.src.get(src_root, throw = True)
+            await ctx.dst.put(
+                path = ret,
+                content = result.stdout,
+                owner = owner,
+                group = group,
+                mode = mode,
+                throw = True,
+            )
+            return ret
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        if throw:
+            raise
+        log(ERR, f'Failed to copy {src_uri} -> {dst} ({str(e)})')
+        return e
 
 async def get_username(  # export
     args: Namespace | None = None,