diff --git a/kittens/ssh/copy.py b/kittens/ssh/copy.py
index e20927fa8..781788a2e 100644
--- a/kittens/ssh/copy.py
+++ b/kittens/ssh/copy.py
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ def get_arcname(loc: str, dest: Optional[str], home: str) -> str:
         if arcname.startswith(home):
             arcname = os.path.relpath(arcname, home)
     arcname = os.path.normpath(arcname).replace(os.sep, '/')
-    return arcname
+    prefix = 'root' if arcname.startswith('/') else 'home/'
+    return prefix + arcname
 
 
 class CopyInstruction(NamedTuple):
diff --git a/kittens/ssh/main.py b/kittens/ssh/main.py
index 897086838..9f5873c4d 100644
--- a/kittens/ssh/main.py
+++ b/kittens/ssh/main.py
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ def make_tarfile(ssh_opts: SSHOptions, base_env: Dict[str, str]) -> bytes:
         rd = ssh_opts.remote_dir.rstrip('/')
         for location, ci in ssh_opts.copy.items():
             tf.add(location, arcname=ci.arcname, filter=filter_from_globs(*ci.exclude_patterns))
-        add_data_as_file(tf, 'kitty-ssh-kitten-data.sh', env_script)
+        add_data_as_file(tf, 'data.sh', env_script)
         if ksi:
-            arcname = rd + '/shell-integration'
+            arcname = 'home/' + rd + '/shell-integration'
             tf.add(shell_integration_dir, arcname=arcname, filter=filter_from_globs(f'{arcname}/ssh/bootstrap.*'))
-        tf.add(terminfo_dir, arcname='.terminfo', filter=normalize_tarinfo)
+        tf.add(terminfo_dir, arcname='home/.terminfo', filter=normalize_tarinfo)
     return buf.getvalue()
 
 
diff --git a/kitty_tests/ssh.py b/kitty_tests/ssh.py
index 4b97f8489..cc79c9666 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/ssh.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/ssh.py
@@ -48,10 +48,7 @@ print(' '.join(map(str, buf)))'''), lines=13, cols=77)
 
     def test_ssh_config_parsing(self):
         def parse(conf):
-            with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='test.conf') as cf:
-                cf.write(conf.encode('utf-8'))
-                cf.flush()
-                return load_config(cf.name)
+            return load_config(overrides=conf.splitlines())
 
         def for_host(hostname, conf):
             if isinstance(conf, str):
@@ -72,6 +69,9 @@ print(' '.join(map(str, buf)))'''), lines=13, cols=77)
     def all_possible_sh(self):
         return tuple(sh for sh in ('dash', 'zsh', 'bash', 'posh', 'sh') if shutil.which(sh))
 
+    def test_ssh_copy(self):
+        pass
+
     def test_ssh_env_vars(self):
         for sh in self.all_possible_sh:
             with self.subTest(sh=sh), tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tdir:
diff --git a/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap.sh b/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap.sh
index ddefd4899..cb7e8c94e 100644
--- a/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ leading_data=""
 dsc_to_kitty "ssh" "hostname=$hostname:pwfile=$password_filename:pw=$data_password"
 record_separator=$(printf "\036")
 
+mv_files_and_dirs() {
+    cwd="$PWD";
+    cd "$1";
+    command find . -type d -exec mkdir -p "$2/{}" ";"
+    command find . -type f -exec mv "{}" "$2/{}" ";"
+    cd "$cwd";
+}
+
 untar_and_read_env() {
     # extract the tar file atomically, in the sense that any file from the 
     # tarfile is only put into place after it has been fully written to disk
@@ -47,15 +55,11 @@ untar_and_read_env() {
     # does not limit itself to reading -c bytes only from the pipe so we can potentially lose
     # some trailing data, for instance if the user starts typing. Cant be helped.
     command head -c "$1" < /dev/tty | command base64 -d | command tar xjf - --no-same-owner -C "$tdir";
-    data_file="$tdir/kitty-ssh-kitten-data.sh";
+    data_file="$tdir/data.sh";
     [ -f "$data_file" ] && . "$data_file";
     data_dir="$HOME/$KITTY_SSH_KITTEN_DATA_DIR"
-    command rm -f "$data_file";
-    cwd="$PWD";
-    cd "$tdir";
-    command find . -type d -exec mkdir -p "${HOME}/{}" ";"
-    command find . -type f -exec mv "{}" "${HOME}/{}" ";"
-    cd "$cwd";
+    mv_files_and_dirs "$tdir/home" "$HOME"
+    [ -e "$tdir/root" ] && mv_files_and_dirs "$tdir/root" ""
     command rm -rf "$tdir";
     [ -z "KITTY_SSH_KITTEN_DATA_DIR" ] && die "Failed to read SSH data from tty";
     unset KITTY_SSH_KITTEN_DATA_DIR;