diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0be30bd..65bcfad 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/naoina/toml v0.1.1
 	github.com/natefinch/lumberjack v2.0.0+incompatible
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
-	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.10.0
+	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.11.0
+	github.com/povsister/scp v0.0.0-20210427074412-33febfd9f13e
 	github.com/remeh/sizedwaitgroup v1.0.0
-	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.0
+	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.1
 	github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo v0.9.5
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.8.0
 	gopkg.in/logrusorgru/aurora.v2 v2.0.3
 )
 
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/skeema/knownhosts v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.9.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b3e19f7..85a6f6c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5/go.mod h1:wHh0iHkY
 github.com/bwesterb/go-ristretto v1.2.0/go.mod h1:fUIoIZaG73pV5biE2Blr2xEzDoMj7NFEuV9ekS419A0=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.1.0 h1:bZgT/A+cikZnKIwn7xL2OBj012Bmvho/o6RpRvv3GKY=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.1.0/go.mod h1:prBCrKB9DV4poKZY1l9zBXg2QJY7mvgRvtMxxK7fi4I=
-github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.3-0.20220203105225-a9a7ef127534/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
+github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ github.com/natefinch/lumberjack v2.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:Wi9p2TTF5DG5oU+6Yf
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLANZcx1PVRCS0qkT7pwLkGfwJo4zjcN/Tysno=
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 h1:P2Ga83D34wi1o9J6Wh1mRuqd4mF/x/lgBS7N7AbDhec=
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5/go.mod h1:hPp6KlRPjbx+hW8ykQs1w3UBbZlj6HuIJcUGPhkA7kY=
-github.com/otiai10/copy v1.10.0 h1:znyI7l134wNg/wDktoVQPxPkgvhDfGCYUasey+h0rDQ=
-github.com/otiai10/copy v1.10.0/go.mod h1:rSaLseMUsZFFbsFGc7wCJnnkTAvdc5L6VWxPE4308Ww=
+github.com/otiai10/copy v1.11.0 h1:OKBD80J/mLBrwnzXqGtFCzprFSGioo30JcmR4APsNwc=
+github.com/otiai10/copy v1.11.0/go.mod h1:rSaLseMUsZFFbsFGc7wCJnnkTAvdc5L6VWxPE4308Ww=
 github.com/otiai10/mint v1.5.1 h1:XaPLeE+9vGbuyEHem1JNk3bYc7KKqyI/na0/mLd/Kks=
 github.com/otiai10/mint v1.5.1/go.mod h1:MJm72SBthJjz8qhefc4z1PYEieWmy8Bku7CjcAqyUSM=
 github.com/pjbgf/sha1cd v0.3.0 h1:4D5XXmUUBUl/xQ6IjCkEAbqXskkq/4O7LmGn0AqMDs4=
@@ -90,11 +90,13 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/povsister/scp v0.0.0-20210427074412-33febfd9f13e h1:VtsDti2SgX7M7jy0QAyGgb162PeHLrOaNxmcYOtaGsY=
+github.com/povsister/scp v0.0.0-20210427074412-33febfd9f13e/go.mod h1:i1Au86ZXK0ZalQNyBp2njCcyhSCR/QP/AMfILip+zNI=
 github.com/remeh/sizedwaitgroup v1.0.0 h1:VNGGFwNo/R5+MJBf6yrsr110p0m4/OX4S3DCy7Kyl5E=
 github.com/remeh/sizedwaitgroup v1.0.0/go.mod h1:3j2R4OIe/SeS6YDhICBy22RWjJC5eNCJ1V+9+NVNYlo=
 github.com/rs/xid v1.4.0/go.mod h1:trrq9SKmegXys3aeAKXMUTdJsYXVwGY3RLcfgqegfbg=
-github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.0 h1:Zes4hju04hjbvkVkOhdl2HpZa+0PmVwigmo8XoORE5w=
-github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.0/go.mod h1:NILgTygv/Uej1ra5XxGf82ZFSLk58MFGAUS2o6usyD0=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.1 h1:cO+d60CHkknCbvzEWxP0S9K6KqyTjrCNUy1LdQLCGPc=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.1/go.mod h1:Le6ESbR7hc+DP6Lt1THiV8CQSdkkNrd3R0XbEgp3ZBU=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0 h1:we8PVUC3FE2uYfodKH/nBHMSetSfHDR6scGdBi+erh0=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0/go.mod h1:STckp+ISIX8hZLjrqAeVduY0gWCT9IjLuqbuNXdaHfM=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.7.0/go.mod h1:yWOB1SBYBC5VeMP7gHvWumXLIWorT60ONWic61uBYv0=
@@ -112,14 +114,15 @@ github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo v0.9.5 h1:ivoHyj9aIAYkwzo1+8QgJ5s4oeE6Etx9FmZtqa4wJj
 github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo v0.9.5/go.mod h1:Z/gPVufBrFc8X5sef3m6kkw3r3nlNFp+I6bvASfvBZQ=
 golang.org/x/arch v0.1.0/go.mod h1:5om86z9Hs0C8fWVUuoMHwpExlXzs5Tkyp9hOrfG7pp8=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210322153248-0c34fe9e7dc2/go.mod h1:T9bdIzuCu7OtxOm1hfPfRQxPLYneinmdGuTeoZ9dtd4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220525230936-793ad666bf5e/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220622213112-05595931fe9d/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220826181053-bd7e27e6170d/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RecgLatLF4+eUMCP1PoPZQb+cVrJcOPbHkTkbkB9sbw=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.6.0/go.mod h1:OFC/31mSvZgRz0V1QTNCzfAI1aIRzbiufJtkMIlEp58=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0 h1:AvwMYaRytfdeVt3u6mLaxYtErKYjxA2OXjJ1HHq6t3A=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pYwdfH91IfpZVANVyUOhSIPZaFoJGxTFbZhFTx+dXZU=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.8.0 h1:pd9TJtTueMTVQXzk8E2XESSMQDj/U7OUu0PqJqPXQjQ=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.8.0/go.mod h1:mRqEX+O9/h5TFCrQhkgjo2yKi0yYA+9ecGkdQoHrywE=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0/go.mod h1:4mET923SAdbXp2ki8ey+zGs1SLqsuM2Y0uvdZR/fUNI=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
@@ -131,8 +134,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220826154423-83b083e8dc8b/go.mod h1:YDH+HFinaLZZlnHAfS
 golang.org/x/net v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Cx3nUiGt4eDBEyega/BKRp+/AlGL8hYe7U9odMt2Cco=
 golang.org/x/net v0.6.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.7.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
-golang.org/x/net v0.8.0 h1:Zrh2ngAOFYneWTAIAPethzeaQLuHwhuBkuV6ZiRnUaQ=
-golang.org/x/net v0.8.0/go.mod h1:QVkue5JL9kW//ek3r6jTKnTFis1tRmNAW2P1shuFdJc=
+golang.org/x/net v0.9.0 h1:aWJ/m6xSmxWBx+V0XRHTlrYrPG56jKsLdTFmsSsCzOM=
+golang.org/x/net v0.9.0/go.mod h1:d48xBJpPfHeWQsugry2m+kC02ZBRGRgulfHnEXEuWns=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220722155255-886fb9371eb4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
@@ -155,23 +158,23 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220825204002-c680a09ffe64/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.3.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0 h1:MVltZSvRTcU2ljQOhs94SXPftV6DCNnZViHeQps87pQ=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0 h1:3jlCCIQZPdOYu1h8BkNvLz8Kgwtae2cagcG/VamtZRU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20220722155259-a9ba230a4035/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.1.0/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.5.0/go.mod h1:jMB1sMXY+tzblOD4FWmEbocvup2/aLOaQEp7JmGp78k=
-golang.org/x/term v0.6.0 h1:clScbb1cHjoCkyRbWwBEUZ5H/tIFu5TAXIqaZD0Gcjw=
-golang.org/x/term v0.6.0/go.mod h1:m6U89DPEgQRMq3DNkDClhWw02AUbt2daBVO4cn4Hv9U=
+golang.org/x/term v0.7.0 h1:BEvjmm5fURWqcfbSKTdpkDXYBrUS1c0m8agp14W48vQ=
+golang.org/x/term v0.7.0/go.mod h1:P32HKFT3hSsZrRxla30E9HqToFYAQPCMs/zFMBUFqPY=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.4.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.7.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
-golang.org/x/text v0.8.0 h1:57P1ETyNKtuIjB4SRd15iJxuhj8Gc416Y78H3qgMh68=
-golang.org/x/text v0.8.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
+golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 h1:2sjJmO8cDvYveuX97RDLsxlyUxLl+GHoLxBiRdHllBE=
+golang.org/x/text v0.9.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
diff --git a/pew.go b/pew.go
index 0f8777d..95db0d8 100644
--- a/pew.go
+++ b/pew.go
@@ -515,7 +515,14 @@ func copyTest(q *qemu.System, testPath string, ka config.Artifact) (
 }
 
 func copyStandardModules(q *qemu.System, ki config.KernelInfo) (err error) {
-	_, err = q.Command("root", "mkdir -p /lib/modules")
+	_, err = q.Command("root", "mkdir -p /lib/modules/"+ki.KernelRelease)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	remotePath := "/lib/modules/" + ki.KernelRelease + "/"
+
+	err = q.CopyDirectory("root", ki.ModulesPath+"/kernel", remotePath+"/kernel")
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -525,17 +532,14 @@ func copyStandardModules(q *qemu.System, ki config.KernelInfo) (err error) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// FIXME scp cannot ignore symlinks
 	for _, f := range files {
 		if f.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == os.ModeSymlink {
 			continue
 		}
-
-		path := ki.ModulesPath + "/" + f.Name()
-		err = q.CopyDirectory("root", path, "/lib/modules/"+ki.KernelRelease+"/")
-		if err != nil {
-			return
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(f.Name(), "modules") {
+			continue
 		}
+		err = q.CopyFile("root", ki.ModulesPath+"/"+f.Name(), remotePath)
 	}
 
 	return
diff --git a/qemu/qemu-kernel.go b/qemu/qemu-kernel.go
index d6773bc..05de3bd 100644
--- a/qemu/qemu-kernel.go
+++ b/qemu/qemu-kernel.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/povsister/scp"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
@@ -450,56 +451,31 @@ func (q System) AsyncCommand(user, cmd string) (err error) {
 }
 
 func (q System) scp(user, localPath, remotePath string, recursive bool) (err error) {
-	addrPort := strings.Split(q.sshAddrPort, ":")
-	addr := addrPort[0]
-	port := addrPort[1]
+	q.Log.Debug().Msgf("scp[%s] %s -> %s", user, localPath, remotePath)
 
-	args := []string{
-		"-P", port,
-		"-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no",
-		"-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null",
-		"-o", "LogLevel=error",
+	cfg := &ssh.ClientConfig{
+		User:            user,
+		HostKeyCallback: ssh.InsecureIgnoreHostKey(),
+	}
+
+	client, err := scp.NewClient(q.sshAddrPort, cfg, &scp.ClientOption{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return
 	}
 
 	if recursive {
-		cmd := exec.Command("ssh", "-V")
-
-		q.Log.Debug().Msgf("%v", cmd)
-
-		var output []byte
-		output, err = cmd.CombinedOutput()
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-		sshVersion := string(output)
-
-		q.Log.Debug().Str("ssh version", sshVersion).Msg("qemu scp")
-
-		if strings.Contains(sshVersion, "OpenSSH_9") {
-			// This release switches scp from using the
-			// legacy scp/rcp protocol to using the SFTP
-			// protocol by default.
-			//
-			// To keep compatibility with old distros,
-			// using -O flag to use the legacy scp/rcp.
-			//
-			// Note: old ssh doesn't support -O flag
-			args = append(args, "-O")
-		}
-
-		args = append(args, "-r")
+		err = client.CopyDirToRemote(
+			localPath,
+			remotePath,
+			&scp.DirTransferOption{},
+		)
+	} else {
+		err = client.CopyFileToRemote(
+			localPath,
+			remotePath,
+			&scp.FileTransferOption{},
+		)
 	}
-
-	args = append(args, localPath, user+"@"+addr+":"+remotePath)
-
-	cmd := exec.Command("scp", args...)
-	q.Log.Debug().Msgf("%v", cmd)
-
-	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
-	if err != nil || string(output) != "" {
-		return errors.New(string(output))
-	}
-
 	return
 }