diff --git a/scripts/restore-album-covers.sh b/scripts/restore-album-covers.sh
index 2f20a4d..3a93d05 100755
--- a/scripts/restore-album-covers.sh
+++ b/scripts/restore-album-covers.sh
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ for archive in "${!MAP[@]}"; do
   echo "extract: $archive → $album"
   tar -xzf "$SRC/$archive" -C "$tmp" cover.jpg
   echo "upload: $album"
-  cat "$tmp/cover.jpg" | ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" summer "mkdir -p \"$REMOTE_LIB/$album\" && cat > \"$remote_path\""
+  ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" summer "mkdir -p \"$REMOTE_LIB/$album\" && cat > \"$remote_path\"" < "$tmp/cover.jpg"
   rm "$tmp/cover.jpg"
 done
 
 echo "done"
-ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" summer "ls $REMOTE_LIB/*/cover.jpg"
+ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" summer "ls \"$REMOTE_LIB\"/*/cover.jpg"